A Tale of Two Cities - green

Question 1

dissolution

Answer 1

disintegration, decomposition and dispersion

Question 2

docile

Answer 2

easily managed, obedient, passive

Question 3

edifice

Answer 3

a very large building

Question 4

elicit

Answer 4

to bring out a response, to evoke

Question 5

emaciated

Answer 5

very thin (usually a result of starvation), wasting away

Question 6

embellish

Answer 6

to decorate, to make beautiful with ornamentation

Question 7

engrossed

Answer 7

completely occupied or absorbed

Question 8

execrable

Answer 8

extremely bad, deserving of hate

Question 9

florid

Answer 9

flowery, flushed with color

Question 10

forbearance

Answer 10

patience, lenience

Question 11

foreboding

Answer 11

premonition of evil, an ominous omen

Question 12

forensic

Answer 12

pertaining to debate or argument

Question 13

gaunt

Answer 13

very thin, emaciated, angular

Question 14

gravity

Answer 14

seriousness, importance

Question 15

impel

Answer 15

to urge or to drive forward (usually with moral pressure)

Question 16

impute

Answer 16

to blame or to charge

Question 17

incorrigible

Answer 17

incapable of being reformed or improved

Question 18

infallible

Answer 18

incapable of error

Question 19

infamous

Answer 19

having a reputation of the worst kind, vicious, notoriously bad

Question 20

insolence

Answer 20

insulting or contemptuous behavior

Question 21

irresolute

Answer 21

indecisive, unsure of how to proceed

Question 22

juncture

Answer 22

a point of joining

Question 23

knotty

Answer 23

so complicated that it can probably not be solved; full of knots

Question 24

lament

Answer 24

to mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner

Question 25

latent

Answer 25

not visible, dormant.