Excert From A Tale Of Two Cities Vocab Flashcards
Abject
Sunk to or existing in a low state or condition: very bad or severe; cast down in spirit; showing hopelessness a resignation; expressing or offered in a humble and often ingratiating spirit
Affable
Characterized by ease and friendliness
Brazen
Made of brass; sounding harsh and loud like struck brass; of the color of polish brass; marked by shameless or disrespectful baldness
Brigand
One who lives by plunder usually as a member of the band: bandit
Deign
To condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one superiority that is involved stoop; to condescend to give or offer
Destitute
Lacking something needed or desirable; lacking possessions and resources; especially suffering extreme poverty
Ecclesiastic
A priest or a member of the clergy
Foist
To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warning; to force another except especially by stealth or deceit to pass off as genuine or worthy
Gallant
Brave; heroic; a man who pay special attention to women chivalrous
Snuff
Extinguish; trim the charred wick from a candle; kill or put an end to in an abrupt or sudden matter; the charred part of a candlewick; powder tobacco that is sniffed up the nostril rather than smoked; inhale or sniff
Succession
Sure, dependable, reliable, constant, un wavering
Steadfastness
A number of people or things sharing a specified characteristic and following one after the other; the action or process of inheriting a title office or property
Valet
Amanda personal mail attendant responsible for his clothes and periods a rack or stand on which to hang clothing a person employed to park cars
Vendor
A person or company offering something for sale, especially a trader in the street; a person or company whose principal product lines are office supplies and equipment; the seller especially of property
Saith
The word say during this time period
