Tale Of Two Cities - Book 2 - Vocab Flashcards

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Trepidation

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To tremble with fear

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Renouncing

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Formally rejecting

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Efficacy

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Able to make an effect

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Indictment

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To charge a person with a crime

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Bestrewn

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To scatter

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Gaol

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Jail(British)

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Disparagement

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To belittle

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Pernicious

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Dangerous

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Commiseration

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To feel sadness for someone else

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Acquitted

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Pronounced not guilty

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Fervently

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Enthusiastically

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Laconic

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A lot of meaning in a few words

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Unscrupulous

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Doesn’t like to do what is right

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Ignobly

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Of low character

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Obsequiousness

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Obedient

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Incorrigible

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Set in their ways

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Dubiously

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With doubt

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Irresolute

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Undecided

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Exultant

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Joyful

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Ubiquitous

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Everywhere at once

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Magnanimous

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Noble in mind and heart

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Florid

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Rosy

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Impassive

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Without emotion

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Modicum

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A small amount

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Famished

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Starving