A Tale Of Two Cities - pink Flashcards

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Sharpness of perception

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Acuity

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2
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Support of an idea or cause

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Advocacy

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3
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Expressing strong feelings, impassioned, zealous

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Ardent

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4
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Warmth or heat of emotion; extreme force, vigor, or energy

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Ardor

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5
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To move upward, to rise from a lower station

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Ascend

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6
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One who doesn’t believe in god

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Atheist

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7
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Favorable

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Auspicious

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8
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To deceive, mislead, persuade with charm

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Beguile

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9
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Not causing harm, of gentle disposition, beneficial

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Benign

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10
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Irrelevant, profane

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Blasphemous

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11
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A clumsy and careless person; an obsolete firearm with a bell muzzle

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Blunderbuss

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12
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To surrender

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Capitulate

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13
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State of being self satisfied

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Complacency

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14
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Large fire

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Conflagration

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15
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To dedicate or declare as sacred

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Consecrate

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16
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Moral corruption

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Debauchery

17
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Courteous going along with the wishes of others

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Deference

18
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Insane

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Demented

19
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To hesitate, delay, object

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Demur

20
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Deserted without inhabitants, barren

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Desolate

21
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Depression, dejection

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Despondacy

22
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Shyness, reserve, unassertiveness

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Diffidence

23
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To differentiate between two or more things

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Discern

24
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Upsetting, frustrating

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Disconcerting

25
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Intense dislike; to treat with scorn or contempt, to reject as unworthy

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Disdain