A Tale of Two Cities

VocabularyBook the First

And Book the Second

requisition

need

capitulated

Gave in; yielded

cessation

stopping

expeditiously

quickly

gradation

Steps; degrees

triumvirate

Group of three

doleful

melancholy

provender

Provisions; food

sagacity

wisdom

incommodious

cramped

deprecated

Disapproved of

cogitated

Thought deeply

circuitously

In a roundabout way

repast

meal

counterpane

bedspread

laudanum

A drug containing opium

proviso

Hypothesis; conditional stipulation

immolate

sacrifice

gainsay

deny

emulative

Admiring; imitating

cowed

fearful

obsequiousness

Being friendly in hopes of gaining something

homage

Respect; obedience

portend

Signify for the future

valet

Vassal; servant

propitiate

Beg for favor

imperturbable

Unable to be annoyed

diabolic

Devilish; evil

incorrigible

Incapable of reform

magnanimous

generous

transitory

Existing for only a short time

profligates

Recklessly dissolute people

interment

burial

ruminated

Thought deeply

vinous

Pertaining to wine

league

Measure of distance about 3 miles

olfactory

Pertaining to smell

coquetry

Pretended affection

interpose

Come between

diffidence

Lack of confidence

nice

subtle

turbid

Rough; stormy

modicum

Small amount

attenuated

Weakened; grown thin

tocsin

Alarm bell

conflagration

Large fire

munificent

Extremely generous

remonstrance

Strong objection