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Tale of Two Cities Vocab
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10th Grade
05/05/2008

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Adjure
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to charge, bind, or command earnestly and solemnly, often under oath or threat of penalty
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Attenuated
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to weaked or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value
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Barbarous

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Savagely curel or harsh; uncivilized
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Benefactor
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a person who makes a bequest or endowment, as to an institution

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Benevolence
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desire to do good to other; goodwill; charitableness; an inclination to perform kind
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capitulate
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to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms; to give up all resistance; acquiesce
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Choleric
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extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible
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compunction
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a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of the conscience caused by regret for doing wrong or causing pain; contrition; remorse; any uneasiness or hesitation about the rightness of an action
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countenace
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appearance, especially the look or expression of the face
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demur
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to make objection, especially on the grounds of scruples; take exception; object
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deportment
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demeanor; conduct; behavior
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deprecate
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to express eanest disapproval of; to urge reasons against; protest against
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diffidence
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the quality or state of being timid or shy
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dormant
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lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive; as in sleep; torpid in a state of rest
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famished
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extremely hungry
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fervent
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having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm
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finesse
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extreme delicacy or subtlety in action, performance, skill, discrimination, taste
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finality
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the act of being final, conclusive
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flaxen
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having the pale grayish yellow color of flax fiber
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forensic
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pertaining to, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate
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genteel
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belonging or suited to polite society; well-bred or refined; polite; elegant; stylish
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grisly
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causing a shudder or feeling of horror, horrible, gruesome
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homage
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respect or reverence paid or rendered; somethign done or given in acknowledgement or consideration of the worth of another
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illicit
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not legally permitted or authorized
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imbued
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to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions
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importune
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to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence
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inundation
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to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge; to overwhelm as if with a flood
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inverse
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reversed in position
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inveterate
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settled or confirmed in a habit, practice feeling or the like
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inviolate
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free from violation, injury, desecration, or outrage
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