Tale Of Two Cities Vocab

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Capitulated

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To surrender

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Expeditiously

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Done with speed and efficiency

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Implacable

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incapable of being appeased

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Juncture

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A point of joining

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Trepidation

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Fear, trembling, agitation

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Deprecated

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To disapprove regretfully, to belittle, to express mild disapproval

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Deference

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Courteous going along with the opinions or wished of another

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Demur

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To hesitate to delay to object

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Infamy, infamous

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Having a reputation of the worst kind, vicious,notoriously bad

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Disparagement, disparage

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To degrade, to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner

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Pernicious

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Very destructive or harmful deadly

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Slovenly

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Messy, untidy, careless

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Debauchery

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Moral corruption

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Anitpathies

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A dislike, distaste or enmity

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Advocate, advocacy

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Support of an idea or cause

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Obsequious

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Overly attentive like a sycophant, servile

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Scruples, scrupulous

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Very principled ,very careful and consentious

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Homage

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Respectful admiration, flattering attention

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Voluptuous

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Pleasurable to the senses ,sensuous

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Forborne, forbearance

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Patience, lenience

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Ostentatious

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Showy ,pretentious

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Irresolute

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Indecisive , unsure of how to proceed

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Ostensible

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Shown outwardly

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Vociferous

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clamorous , Boisterous

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Provincial

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Lacking sophistication, narrow minded

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Insolence

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Insulting or contemptuous behavior

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Recompense

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To give compensation to or for

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Supercilious

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Haughty, vain and arrogant

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Palpable

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Tangible,perceptible,easily noticeable

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Malady

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A disease or unwholesome condition

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Diffedence

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Shyness, reserve, assertiveness

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Dissolute

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Disintegration, decomposition and dispersion

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Magnanimous, magnanimity

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Having a lofty generous and courageous spirit

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Supplication

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Begging, Humbly asking for a favor

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Forebodings

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Premonition of evil, an ominous omen

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Execrable

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Extremely bad , deserving of hate; execration :proclamation that something is extremely bad or evil

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Portent, portend, portentous

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A sign or forewarning

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Remonstrate

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To protest , make objections; also remonstrance: earnest representation for opposition or grievance

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Blasphemous

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Irreverent , profane

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Approbation

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Official approval, praise, commendation