Tale+of+Two+Cities+Vocab.

I think that this word means disheartened or sorrowful. Actual definition: the state of being unwilling to accept what is offered as true. In its use in the novel it means unwilling to believe. During the paradoxical time that Dickens is describing, some feel a sense of hope, as for others it is impossible.
 * Nicholas--**
 * 1. Incredulity**-- pg 5. It was the epoch of belief, it was he epoch of **incredulity**,...

I think this word means rations. Actual definition: a vehicle used for carrying condemned persons; a farm wagon. In context the word has direct pertinence to the Revolution to come. The farmer has predetermined his utilization of this piece of equipment during the Revolution
 * 2. Tumbril**-- pg 6. It was likely enough that in the rough outhouses of some tillers of the heavy lands adjacent to Paris, there were sheltered from the weather that very day, rude carts bespattered with rustic mire, snuffed about by pigs, and roosted win by poultry, which the Farmer, Death, had already set apart to be his **tumbrils** of the revolution.

I think this word means or has some relation to pocessions or state of being. Actual definition: a body of aides and retainers attending an important person; (a posse/entourage). Dickens is describing that a nobleman was robbed because his retinue told that he was wealthy and of importance.
 * 3. Retinue**-- pg 7. ...That magnificent potentate, the Lord Mayor of London, was made to stand and deliver on Turnham Green, by one highwayman, who despoiled the illustrious creature in sight of all his **retinue;...**

This word probably has something to do with dead bodies (cadaver means dead body in spanish.) I think it means pale because it comes before the word color. Actual definition: resembling a corpse in being very pale, thin, or bony. This sentence describes the passengers aboard the cart to Dover, and their emotions.
 * ABRAHAM:**
 * 7. Cadaverous -** pg. 15. Pride, contempt, defiance, stubbornness, submission, lamentation, succeeded one another; so did varieties of sunken cheek, **cadaverous** colour, emaciated hands and figures.

I think this word means either loud or in rhythm Actual definition: (of a person's voice or other sound) imposingly deep or full. This sentence describes how and near what Mr. Lorry was sitting after he arrived at the Royal George Hotel in Dover.
 * 8. Sonorous -** pg. 18. Very orderly and methodical he looked, with a hand on each knee, and a loud watch ticking a **sonorous** sermon under his flapped waist coat, as though it pitted its gravity and longevity against the levity and evanescence of the brisk fire.

Since its describing a fire, I think it means glow. Actual definition: An object that soon passes out of sight, memory, or existence This is the same sentence as above...it describes how and near what Mr. Lorry was sitting after he arrived at the Royal George Hotel in Dover.
 * 9. Evanescence -** pg. 18. Very orderly and methodical he looked, with a hand on each knee, and a loud watch ticking a sonorous sermon under his flapped waist coat, as though it pitted its gravity and longevity against the levity and **evanescence** of the brisk fire.

I would think the word has an association with fishing, from the root pesca- which usually pertains to fish. The actual definition is of or pertaining to fishing or fishermen. The sentence talks about how the houses are near the sea, so they smell like fish, and is in a poor area with sick people.
 * MAX-**
 * 10. Piscatory-** pg. 22- The air among the houses was of so strong a **piscatory** flavour that one might have supposed sick fish went up to be dipped in it, as sick people went down to be dipped in the sea.

I would think the word has a connotation of toughness or strength, possibly intimidation as well The actual definition is " not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable " The sentence talks about a man who is not ready to change his opinion or his views.
 * 11. Implacable-** pg. 35**-** Good humoured-looking on the whole, but **implacable**-looking, too; evidently a man of a strong resolution and a set purpose; a man not desirable to be met, rushing down a narrow pass with a gulf on either side, for nothing would turn the man.

I think a triumvirate is a set of three of something, in this case people. The dictionary definition is any set or group of three. The sentence talks about the three men who are gathered around the counter at the bar.
 * 12. Triumvirate-** pg. 36**-** But, he feigned not to notice the two strangers, and fell into discourse with the **triumvirate** of customers who were drinking at the counter.

He had gradually drooped to the floor, and lay there in a **lethargy**, worn out. (Page 50) in a state of fatigue a state of fatigue the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity. Pathology. an abnormal state or disorder characterized by overpowering drowsiness or sleep He lay there in a state of being drowsy.
 * Jerry-**
 * 13.Lethargy**

I am as rickety as a hackney-coach, I'm as sleepy as **laudanum**, my lines is strained to that degree that I shouldn't know, if it wasn't for the pain in 'em, which was me and which somebody else, yet I'm none the better for it in pocket; and it's my suspicion that you've been at it from morning to night to prevent me from being the better for it in pocket, and I won't put up with it, Aggerawayter, and what do you say now!' (Page 59) something that is sleepy by nature a tincture of opium. Obsolete. any preparation in which opium is the chief ingredient. He is as sleepy as an opium.
 * 14.** **Laudanum**

Altogether, the Old Bailey, at that date, was a choice illustration of the precept, that 'Whatever is is right'; an **aphorism** that would be as final as it is lazy, did it not include the troublesome consequence, that nothing that ever was, was wrong. (Page 63) a saying that tells a fact a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation. a terse saying that would be as final as it is lazy.
 * 15.** **Aphorism**

1. causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie. 2. deadly; fatal: a pernicious disease. 3.  Obsolete. evil; wicked. 4. This sentence is saying, if you looked into the prisoners past you would see him involved in missions that would bring harm to his country. (and that are treacherous)
 * BRITTANY: Pernicious** - PAGE 69 "Think, the proof would go back 5 years, and would show the prisoner already engaged in these __pernicious__ missions, within a few weeks before the date of the very first action fought between the British troops and the Americans."

1. a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance; aversion. 2. an instinctive contrariety or opposition in feeling. 3. an object of natural aversion or habitual dislike. 4. This sentence is saying it would be unfair for the attorney general to use the juries natural hatred towards people suspected of treachery against the prisoner.
 * Antipathies** - PAGE 79 "How it would be a weakness in the government to break down in this attempt to practice for popularity on the lowest national __antipathies__ and fears, and therefore Mr. Attorney - General had made the most of it; how, nevertheless, it rested upon nothing, save that vile and infamous character of evidence too often disfiguring such cases, and of which the State Trials of this country were full."

1. pertaining to, consisting of, or representing the earth as distinct from other planets. 2. of or pertaining to land as distinct from water. 3. This quote is asking Mr. Darnay if he should be a part of the missions on land. I think the word means serious or being in your right mind. Definition: sober; sedate The sentence is saying that any serious or true British would not have referred to orange-trees in boxes or cupid because those were from France.
 * Terrestrial** - PAGE 87 "Do you feel, yet, that you belong to this __terrestrial__ scheme again, Mr. Darnay?"
 * ALECIA**
 * 19. Staid:** “For, what would __staid__ British responsibility and respectability have said to orange-trees in boxes in a Bank courtyard, and even to a Cupid over the counter?” (Page 268)

Definition: pertaining to or of cooking The sentence means that Miss Pross searched for poor French who would tell her secrets pertaining to her for money.
 * 20.** CULINARY: “Miss Prosss’ friendship being of the thoroughly practical kind she had ravaged Soho and the adjacent provinces, in search of impoverished French, who, tempted by shillings, and half-crowns, would impart __culinary__ mysteries to her,” (Page 103) )

1.) I think the word means being brought up. Definition: 1.to feed or nourish to train, educate, rear, ect. The sentence means that not many can have a relationship like Lucie and Dr. Manette. Their relationship is very strong considering what has happened in their lives.
 * 22.** NURTURED“…I who have seen you together from day to day, that between you and Miss Manette there is an affection so unusual, so touching, so belonging to the circumstances in which it has been __nurtured__, that it can have few parallels, even in the tenderness between a father and a child.” (Page 138)

Not lasting or permanent. This quote is saying that wine would bring him happiness, but for only a little while.
 * AUSTIN**
 * 23. TRANSITORY** "Many a night he vaguely and unhappily wandered there, when wine had brought no TRANSITORY gladness to him" Page 155

a demonstration of welcome, goodwill, or approval The question that had been asked was answered with approval
 * 24. Acclamation-** "Practical suggestions being much needed, this suggestion, too, was received with ACCLAMATION," Page 16

this sentence is suggesting that he was so focused, that it was like he was being chased by a ghost
 * 25.** SPECTRAL"He would not have stopped then, for anything less neccesary than breath, it being a spectral sort of race he ran" page 168

26) **recompense:** page 170. “‘Jerry, you honest tradesman, there’s hopes wot that boy will yet be a blessing to you, and a **recompense** to you for his mother!’” 1. I think that this word means to forgive someone for what you accused them of 2. Actual Definition:to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, or aid 3. This means that Jerry’s child will make up for how horrible his wife is.
 * MADISON**

27)**poltroon**: page 179. “It would be easier for the weakest **poltroon** that lives, to erase himself from existence, than to erase one letter of his name.....” <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">1. I think this means a group of people or a group of anything <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">2. Actual Definition: a wretched coward <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">3. This sentence refers to Madame Defarge’s knitting of the stitches. It is saying that if you are a terrible coward and on Madame Defarge’s register it is easier to kill yourself, than get off her register of supposed criminals.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">28) **ubiquitous:** page 168. “It was an inconsistent and **ubiquitous** fiend too, for, while it was making the whole night behind him dreadful, he darted out into the roadway to avoid dark alleys... <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">”1. I think this means difficult or odd. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">2. Actual Definition:existing or being everywhere, esp. at the same time; omnipresent <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">3. This quote is talking about Jerry’s graverobbing. It describes how Jerry felt that a difficult evil spirit was following him always, even when he was not graverobbing at that moment. a. I think this word is used to describe someones poor sense of smell. b. **definition-** Of relation to, or connected with the sense of smell. c. In this sentence, //olfactory// was used to talk about Defarge's smelling ability by Dickens rather than saying his "sense of smell was by no means..." It has the same meaning though.
 * NATHAN**
 * 29. OLFACTORY**- Monsieur Defarge's **//olfactory//** sense was by no means delicate, but the stock of wine smelt much stronger than it had ever tasted, and so did the stock of rum and brandy and aniseed. (184)
 * 29. OLFACTORY**- Monsieur Defarge's **//olfactory//** sense was by no means delicate, but the stock of wine smelt much stronger than it had ever tasted, and so did the stock of rum and brandy and aniseed. (184)

a. I think this word's definition is something like a myth. Unknown whereabouts or little knowing. b. **Definition-** 1) Probably not true, but widely believed to be true. 2) of questionable authenticity c. In this sentence, **apocryphal** is used to infer that nobody has lived in the upper roooms where the Manettes will live.
 * 30. APOCRYPHAL-** The marriage was to make no change in their place of residence; they had been able to extend it, by taking to themselves the upper rooms formerly belonging to the **apocryphal** invisible lodger, and they desired nothing more. (198)

a. I think //**oblivion**// is another word for forgetting of some sort. b. **Definition-** 1) the condition or quality of being completely forgotten. 2) official overlooking of offenses, amnesty c. In this sentence, **oblivion** is used Sydney Carton trying to "forgive and forget" with Darnay. Doing this, Carton is trying to befirend Darnay by erasing their past.
 * 31. OBLIVION**- "Fashion of speech again! But, Mr. Darnay, **oblivion** is not easy to me, as you represent it to be to you. I have by no means forgotten it, and the light answer does not help me to forget it." (215)

a. Given the context, I think that the words means rough or great. b. Definition- not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment or the like; clouded; thick or dense c. The sentence means that Mr. Stryver can slide his way in and out of the law, like a great ship that forces itself through thick water.
 * DANA**
 * 32. Turbid (adj)** Mr. Stryver shouldered his way through the law, like some great engine forcing itself through **__ turbid __** water, and dragged his useful friend in his wake, like a boat astern (219-220).

a. Given the context, I think that the word means coming out of. b. Definition- to come out gradually in drops, as sweat, through pores or small openings; ooze out; to project or display c. The sentence means that Mr. Stryver “sweats out through his pores” the most offensive personality and offered to Darnay beggar’s food for their matrimonial picnic.34.Their three heads had been close together during this brief discourse, and it had been as much as they could do to hear one another, even then: so tremendous was the noise of the living ocean, in its irruption into the Fortress, and its of the courts and passages and staircases (227).
 * 33.** EXUDING: These three young gentleman, Mr. Stryver, **__exuding__** patronage of the most offensive quality form every pore, had walked before him like three sheep to the quiet corner in Soho, and had offered as pupils to Lucie’s husband: delicately saying, ‘Halloa! Here are three lumps of bread-and-cheese towards your matrimonial picnic, Darnay!’ (220)

34. **__ inundation __** a. Given the context, I think that the word means entrance. b. Definition- to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge; to overwhelm c. The sentence means that because of the tremendous noise coming from the patriots and their overwhelming accession, Defarge, Jacques 3 and a man, had to keep their heads together to be able to hear each other.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">I think the word means to add to the effect of. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">1) To make slender, fine, or small. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">2) To reduce in force, value, amount, or degree; weaken <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">3) To lessen the density of; rarefy. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The sentence means that the man was a strong man and has done a lot of physical labor, but he is slender because he does not have a lot of money and he is starving.
 * AUDRA**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">35. Attenuated **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> “The bronze face, the shaggy black hair and beard, the coarse woolen red cap, the rough medley dress of homespun stuff and the hairy skins of beasts, the powerful frame attentuated<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> by spare living, and the sullen and desperate compression of the lips in sleep, inspired the mender of roads with awe.” (pg. 239)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">I think the word means a person who rings the fire bells when a fire is present. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">1) An alarm or warning signal, esp. one sounded on a bell <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">2) An alarm bell. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">3)This sentence means that the alarm bells rang, but no one would come to help burn out the fire of the Marquis.
 * 36. Tocsin**- “The tocsin <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">rang impatiently, but other help (if that were any) there was none.” (pg. 240)

I think the word means very liberal. 1) Very liberal in giving; generous. 2) Showing great generosity. 3) This sentence means that Tellson's Bank is a very generous and supportive bank. Tellson's Bank was supporting the aristocrats that lost everything due to the French Revolution.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">37. Munificent- **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">“Again: Tellson’s was a munificent house, and extended great liberality to old customers who had fallen from their high estate.” (pg. 244)

pg 260 "The red cap and tri-colour cockade were universal, both among men and women" I think this means a bundel of flowers or somthing you wear Def- a rosette or knot of ribbons worn in a hat as a badge of office or as part of a livery
 * CHARLIE**
 * 38. Cockade**

pg 265 "Extraordinary how soon the noisome flavour of imprisoned sleep, becomes manifest in all such places that are ill cared for!" I think it means taste or noise of the cell in La Force Def- having an extremely offensive, noxious, or unplesant smell
 * 39. Noisome (CHARLIE)**

pg 268 "A mere beast of the chase flying from hunters, he was still in his metempsychosis no other than the same Monseigneur, the preparation of whose chocolate for whose lips had once occupied three strong men besides the cook in question" I think it means state of being greedy or only caring for ones self Def- the supposed transmigration at death of the soul of a human being or animal into a new body of the same or a different species
 * 40. Metempsychosis (CHARLIE)**

1. I think that it means to leave something 2. evasion of straightforward action or clear-cut statement 3. A desertion of a cause or party 1. I think that ostentatious means excessive 2.characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others 1. I think that it means to not be hindered by anything, nothing is holding back. 2. Not damaged or diminished in any respect.
 * TIM**
 * 44. Tergiversation**
 * 45. Ostentatious**
 * 46. Unimpaired**

Definition: Thoroughly soaked; inspired, pervaded. Firmly established by long standing; deep rooted. Introductory part of a speech. Definition: Stubbornness; persistence.
 * MRS. SPEICHER**
 * 47. IMBUED** p. 375: see sentence directly below
 * 48. INVETERATE**: p. 375: . . . imbued from her childhood with a brooding sense of wrong, and an inveterate hatred of a class, opportunity had developed her into a tigress.
 * 49. EXORDIUM** p. 379: This exordium, and Miss Pross's two hands in quite agonised entreaty clasping his, decided Mr. Cruncher.
 * 50. TENACITY** p. 382: Miss Pross, with the vigorous tenacity of love, always so much stronger than hate, clasped her tight and even lifted her from the floor . ..

Tremulous: (of persons, the body, etc.) characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness.adjective Example: Alienated: turned away, transferred, diverted. Example: incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.