Tale of Two Cities Vocab

Question 1

Incommodius

Answer 1

uncomfortably or inconveniently small

Question 2

cogiate

Answer 2

to consider carefully and deeply, to reflect over

Question 3

Immolate

Answer 3

offer as a sacrifice by killing or giving up to destruction

Question 4

Commierserate

Answer 4

to feel or express sympathy or compasssion

Question 5

Besmirch

Answer 5

to charge falsely or with malicious intent

Question 6

Bacchanalan

Answer 6

used of riotously drunken merry-making

Question 7

Carouse

Answer 7

engage in boisterous drunken merry-making

Question 8

Modicum

Answer 8

a small or moderate or token amount

Question 9

Roil

Answer 9

to be agitated

Question 10

Cadaverous

Answer 10

very thin, especially from disease, hunger, or cold

Question 11

Opiate

Answer 11

a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opiate derivative

Question 12

Deprecate

Answer 12

express strong disapproval, deplore

Question 13

Capitulate

Answer 13

surrender under agreed conditions

Question 14

Triumvirate

Answer 14

a group of 3 men responsible for civil authority

Question 15

Gamut

Answer 15

a complete extent or range

Question 16

Dormer

Answer 16

a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window

Question 17

Pilory

Answer 17

a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck

Question 18

Expostulation

Answer 18

the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest

Question 19

Proviso

Answer 19

a stipulated condition

Question 20

Iaconic

Answer 20

brief and to the point

Question 21

Aphorism

Answer 21

a short instructive saying

Question 22

Pith

Answer 22

soft sponge-like cylinder on the stems of flowering plants

Question 23

Dissipitate

Answer 23

to cause to separate and go in different directions

Question 24

Beguile

Answer 24

influence by slyness

Question 25

Menagerie

Answer 25

collection of live animals for study or display

Question 26

Spectral

Answer 26

relating to a spectrum

Question 27

Solliloquy

Answer 27

speech you make to yourself

Question 28

Sodden

Answer 28

wet through

Question 29

Evince

Answer 29

to give expression to

Question 30

Whet

Answer 30

make keen or more accurate

Question 31

Compunction

Answer 31

a feeling of deep regret

Question 32

Affidavit

Answer 32

- written declaration made under oath | - a written statement sworn to be true