tale of two cities vocab

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tumbril

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cards used during the French Revolution, brought people to guillotine

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Incredulity

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The quality or state of being unable to believe

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retinue

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body of advisors

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tremulous

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timid or nervous

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alienate

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to make isolated or strange

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inscrutable

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incapable of being investigated, hard to understand

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Cadaverous

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of or like a corpse

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sonorous

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giving out sound, deep

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evanescence

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to disappear gradually

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piscatory

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related to fishermen are fishing

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implacable

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not to be appeased, unstoppable

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triumvirate

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Government of three people

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lethargy

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drowsy and dull, exhaustion

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laudanum

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A tincture of opium, medicine

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aphorism

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phase in bodying a truth

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pernicious

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causing harm to ruin it, deadly

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antipathy

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natural repugnance

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terrestrial

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The earth as a distant form other planets

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staid

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sedate character, restrained

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culinary

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related to kitchen and cooking

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talisman

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object engraved, good luck

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nurtured

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to feed or protect

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transitory

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not lasting

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acclamation

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loud shout of welcome or Goodwill

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spectral

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ghostly Phantom

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recompense

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to repay

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poltroon

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coward

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ubiquitous

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being everywhere at the same time

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olfactory

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sense of smell

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apocryphal

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doubtful authorship

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oblivion

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put a forgotten or unknown

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turbid

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not clear transparent

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exude

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to come out gradually and drops

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inundation

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to flood

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attenuate

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to weaken reduce force

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tocsin

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an alarm

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munificent

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extremely generous

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cockade

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knot of ribbon

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noisome

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offensive or disgusting

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metempsychosis

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recordation

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inviolate

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free from violation

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redundancy

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not needed unnecessary

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gregarious

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sociable

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tergiversation

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to avoid or go around

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ostentatious

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attempt to impress others

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unimpaired

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not damage or weekend

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imbue

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inspire

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inveterate

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settled or confirmed

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exordium

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The beginning of anything

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Tenacity

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persistence, determination