Tale Of Two Cities Flashcards

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Requisition

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An authoritative demand for something to be done

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Inexorable

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Unyielding, unalterable, not to be persuaded, adamant

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Spittoon

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A cuspidor, spit can for tobacco

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Petulant

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Showing sudden, impatient irritation

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Offal

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Refuse, animal waste, garbage

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Implacable

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Not to be appeased or pacified

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Admonitory

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Warning

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Avocations

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Something someone does in addition to their job, a hobby

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Apparitions

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A supernatural appearance of a person or thing, a ghost

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Fickleness

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Likely to change, especially due to instability

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Tumbril

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A cart used to convey victims to the guillotine

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Prevaricate

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To speak falsely or misleadingly

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Adulation

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Excessive devotion to someone, servile flattery

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Perspicacity

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Keenness of mental perception and understanding, discernment

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Aesthetic

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Pertaining to a sense of the beautiful

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Conciliatory

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Trying to reach an agreement

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Cursory

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Going rapidly over something, without noticing details

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Denounce

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To condemn or censure openly or publicly

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Eclectic

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Selecting or choosing from various sources

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Emulate

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To try to equal or exel, effort to equal or surpass

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Pernicious

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Causing insidious harm or ruin

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Incommodious

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Inconvenient, as not affording sufficient space or room

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Gaol

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Debauchery

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Excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures

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Pillory
A wooden framework erected on a post with holes for head and hands
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Aphorism
A terse saying embodying on the grounds of scruples
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Immolate
Free from spot or stain, clean, pure
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Insolent
Boldly rude or disrespectful
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Laconic
Using few words, consise
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Staid
Of settled or sedate character, fixed, settled
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Obsequious
Characterized by or showing servile compliance
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Deference
Respectful submission or yielding to the judgement of an authority
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Morose
Gloomy, sullen
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Entreat
To plead, to beg, earnestly, beseech
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Supplication
Humble request to someone in position of authority
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Ubiquitous
Seeming to be everywhere
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Docile
Teachable, obedient
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Perquisition
Reward/benefit above the normal payment
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Discord
Lack of agreement or harmony
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Innocuous
Harmless
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Cryptic
Ambiguous, puzzling, mysterious
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Furtive
Secret, secretive
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Ostentatious
Intended to attract attention
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Terse
Brief, abruptly short
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Vilify
To speak badly of someone
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Impede
Obstruct, to hinder, to be in the way
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Succinct
Concise
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Flagrant
Obvious or glaring
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Garrulous
Excessively talkative
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Indict
To charge with a crime or offense