Tale of Two Cities vocab-2 Flashcards
1
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demeanor
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conduct; behavior; deportment
2
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profligate
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utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated
3
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refractory
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hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient
4
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interment
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burial
5
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apostrophize
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to address by apostrophe
6
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altercation
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a heated or angry dispute; noisy argument or controversy
7
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dubious
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doubtful
8
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interposed
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to place between; cause to intervene
9
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patricide
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the act of killing one’s own father
10
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poltroon
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a wretched coward
11
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visage
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the face, usually with reference to shape, features, expression
12
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sagacity
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acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment
13
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magnanimous
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generous in forgiving an insult or injury
14
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exultant
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triumphant
15
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benighted
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intellectually or morally ignorant
