A Tale Of Two Cities - pink Flashcards
Sharpness of perception
Acuity
Support of an idea or cause
Advocacy
Expressing strong feelings, impassioned, zealous
Ardent
Warmth or heat of emotion; extreme force, vigor, or energy
Ardor
To move upward, to rise from a lower station
Ascend
One who doesn’t believe in god
Atheist
Favorable
Auspicious
To deceive, mislead, persuade with charm
Beguile
Not causing harm, of gentle disposition, beneficial
Benign
Irrelevant, profane
Blasphemous
A clumsy and careless person; an obsolete firearm with a bell muzzle
Blunderbuss
To surrender
Capitulate
State of being self satisfied
Complacency
Large fire
Conflagration
To dedicate or declare as sacred
Consecrate
Moral corruption
Debauchery
Courteous going along with the wishes of others
Deference
Insane
Demented
To hesitate, delay, object
Demur
Deserted without inhabitants, barren
Desolate
Depression, dejection
Despondacy
Shyness, reserve, unassertiveness
Diffidence
To differentiate between two or more things
Discern
Upsetting, frustrating
Disconcerting