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ATOTC vocab book 3
Vocabulary words for book three of A Tale of Two Cities
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |