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ATOTC vocab book 3
Vocabulary words for book three of A Tale of Two Cities
Term | Definition |
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Abashed | Embarrassed, ashamed |
Accost | To approach and speak to |
Capriciously | Unpredictably |
Carnage | Slaughter of many people, massacre |
Cogitation | Thinking carefully; pondering |
Counteances | Faces; visages |
Domicile | Home |
Emigrant | French nobles who left France during Revolution; any person who moved from one country and settled in another |
Gregarious | Fond of company; Sociable; Outgoing |
Imperious | Arrogant; Haughty |
Jocosely | Jokingly; In a playful manner |
Prevaricate | To lie |
Prodigious | Enormous; Wondrous |
Redundancy | Repetition; More than enough |
Resolute | Determined |
Solicitude | Concern |
Stolid | Without emotion; calm |
Tenacity | Persistence; Stubborness |
Tribunal | Court of Justice |
Vidicate | To clear of blame or suspicion |