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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Jail

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Debauchery

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Excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures

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Pillory

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A wooden framework erected on a post with holes for head and hands

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Aphorism

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A terse saying embodying on the grounds of scruples

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Immolate

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Free from spot or stain, clean, pure

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Insolent

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Boldly rude or disrespectful

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Laconic

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Using few words, consise

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Staid

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Of settled or sedate character, fixed, settled

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Obsequious

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Characterized by or showing servile compliance

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Deference

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Respectful submission or yielding to the judgement of an authority

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Morose

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Gloomy, sullen

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Entreat

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To plead, to beg, earnestly, beseech

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Supplication

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Humble request to someone in position of authority

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Ubiquitous

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Seeming to be everywhere

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Docile

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Teachable, obedient

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Perquisition

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Reward/benefit above the normal payment

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Discord

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Lack of agreement or harmony

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Innocuous

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Harmless

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Cryptic

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Ambiguous, puzzling, mysterious

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Furtive

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Secret, secretive

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Ostentatious

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Intended to attract attention

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Terse

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Brief, abruptly short

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Vilify

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To speak badly of someone

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Impede

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Obstruct, to hinder, to be in the way

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Succinct

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Concise

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Flagrant

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Obvious or glaring

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Garrulous

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Excessively talkative

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Indict

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To charge with a crime or offense