Prince & The Pauper - Chaps. 1-2

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mellow

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made gentle and compassionate by age or maturity; softened

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mellow

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"Everybody took a holiday, and high and low, rich and poor, feasted and danced and sang, and got very ______..."

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pauper

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a very poor person

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paupers

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"But there was no talk about the other baby, Tom Canty, lapped in his poor rags, except among the family of _____.

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project

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to cause to jut out or protrude

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projecting

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"The houses were of wood, with the second story _____ over the first, and the third sticking its elbows out beyond the second."

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foul

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grossly offensive to the senses; disgustingly loathsome

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foul

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"The house which Tom's father lived in was up a ______ little pocket called Offal Court, out of Pudding Lane.

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picturesque

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visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting

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picturesque

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"The beams were painted red or blue or black, according to the owner's tastte, and this gave the houses a very ______ look.

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rickety

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flimsy, not solidly made

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rickety

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"(The house) was small, decayed, and _____."

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wretched

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very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable; pitiable

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wretchedly

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"...it was packed full of ______ poor families."

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fiend

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a diabolically cruel or wicked person

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fiends

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"Their mother was like them. But the father and the grandmother were a couple of ______."

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rabble

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the lower classes; the common people

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rabble

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"Among, but not of, the dreadful _____ that inhabited the house, was a good old priest..."

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pension

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an allowance, annuity, or subsidy

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pension

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"...a good old priest whom the king had turned out of house and home with a ______ of a few farthings."

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jeer

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to deride, make fun of - loudly

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jeers

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"...they were afraid of the _____ of their friends."

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endure

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to bear without resistance or with patience; tolerate

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endured

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"...they were afraid of the jeers of their friends, who could not have _____ such a queer accomplishment in them."

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queer

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odd, unusual

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queer

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"...they were afraid of the jeers of their friends, who could not have endured such a ______ accomplishment in them."

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accomplishment

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deed; achievement

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accomplishment

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"...they were afraid of the jeers of their friends, who could not have endured such a queer ______ in them."

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brawl

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noisy quarrel, squabble, or fight

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brawliing

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"All Offal Court was just such another hive as Canty's house. Drunkenness, riot and _____ were the order..."

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thrash

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to beat soundly in punishment; flog

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thrash

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"When he came home empty handed at night, he knew his father would curse hm and _____ him first..."

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stealthy

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done, characterized by, or acting in a hidden, sneaky way; furtive

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stealthily

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"...his starving mother would slip to him _____ with any miserable scrap or crust she had been able to save for him by going hungry herself...

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notwithstanding

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in spite of the fact that; although

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notwithstanding

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"..._____ she was often caught in that sort of treason and soundly beaten for it by her husband."

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stringent

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rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe

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stringent

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"...for the laws against medicancy were _____, and the penalties heavy..."

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regal

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of or pertaining to a king; royal

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regal

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"... he unleashed his imagination and soon forgot his aches and pains in delicious picturings to himself of the charmed life of a petted prince in a ______ palace."

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scoff

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to speak derisively; mock; jeer

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scoffed

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"...but they jeered him and ____ him so unmercifully that he was glad to keep his sdream to himself after that."

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lament

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to cry; to be very sad about

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lament

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"His dream-people were so fine that he grew to _____ his shabby clothing and his dirt.."

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clad

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clothed

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clad

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""His dream-people were so fine that he grew to lament his shabby clothing and his dirt, and to wish to be clean and better _____..."

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curiously

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oddly

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curiously

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"His speech and manners became _____ ceremonious."

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intimates

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very close friends and associates

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intimates

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"His speech and manners became curiously ceremonious and courtly, to the vast admiration and amusement of his _____."

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perplex

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to confuse, befuddle, cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain

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perplexities

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"Full grown people brought their _____ to Tom for solution..."

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comrade

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person who shares in one's activities, occupation, etc.; companion, associate, or friend

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comrades

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"He was the prince; his special _____ were guards, chamberlains, equerries, lords and ladies in waiting, and the royal family."

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elaborate

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marked by intricate and often excessive detail; complicated

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elaborate

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"Daily the mock prince was received with _____ ceremonials borrowed by Tom from his romantic readings..."

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mimic

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to imitate; imitated

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mimic

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"...daily the great affairs of the _____ kingdom were discussed in the royal council..."

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cuff

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a blow with the fist or the open hand; buffet.

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cuffs

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"After which, he would go forth in his rags and beg a few farthings eat his poor crust, take his cstomary _____ and abuse..."

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despondent

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very sad, melancholy

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despondently

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"One January day, on his usual begging tour, he tramped _____ up and down the region round about Mincing Lane and Little EastCheap..."

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melancholy

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sadness; despondency

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melancholy

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"There was a cold drizzle of rain; the atmosphere was murky; it was a ____ day."

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gild

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to cover with gold

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gilded

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"...but at last his thoughts drifted away to far, romantic lands, and he fell asleep in the company of jewelled and _____ princelings who lived in vast palaces..."

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execute

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to carry out; accomplish

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execute

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He "had servants salaaming before them or flying to _____ their orders."

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estate

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a piece of landed property, esp. one of large extent with an elaborate house on it;
a period or condition of life

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estate

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"Al night long the glories of his royal _____ shone upon him...."

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reverent

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deeply respectful

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reverent

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"...he moved among great lords and ladies, in a blaze of light, breathing perfumes, drinking in delicious music and answering the _____ obeisances of the glittering throng..."

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throng

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a crowd of people

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throng

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"...he moved among great lords and ladies, in a blaze of light, breathing perfumes, drinking in delicious music and answering the reverent obeisances of the glittering _____..."

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intensify

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to make more acute; strengthen or sharpen

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intensified

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"...his dream has its usual effect - it had ______ the sordidness of his surroundings a thousand fold."

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sordid

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dirty or filthy; squalid; wretchedly poor and run-down

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sordidness

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"...his dream has its usual effect - it had intensified the _____ of his surroundings a thousand fold."