a tale of two cities 60 terms

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Acuity

sharpness of perception

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Advocacy

support of an idea or cause

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Affable

friendly, courteous, amiable

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Antipathy

a dislike, distaste

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Apocryphal

of doubtful origin or authenticity, not genuine

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Approbation

official approval, praise, commendation

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Ardent

expressing strong feelings, impassioned, zealous

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Ardor

warmth or heat of emotion, extreme force, vigor, or energy

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Ascend

to move upward, arise from a lower station

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Atheist

one who does not believe in God

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Auspicious

favorable

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Aversion

strong disinclination, disliking

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Beguile

To deceive, to mislead, to persuade with charm

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Benign

not causing harm, of gentle disposition, beneficial

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Blasphemous

irrelevant, profane

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Blunderbuss

a clumsy and careless person; an obsolete firearm with a

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Capitulate

to surrender

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Compatriot

of fellow Countryman

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Complacency

the state of being self-satisfied

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Conflagration

a large fire

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Consecrate

to dedicate or to declare sacred

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Corroboration

confirmation

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Debauchery

moral corruption

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Deference

courteous going along with the opinions or wishes of another

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Demented

insane

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Demur

to hesitate, to delay, to object

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Deprecate

to disapprove regretfully, to belittle, to express mild disapproval

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Desolate

deserted, without inhabitants, barren

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Despoil

to take possessions by force, to plunder

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Despondency

depression, dejection

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Diffidence

shyness, reserve, unassertiveness

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Discern

to differentiate between two or more things

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Disconcerting

causing one to feel unsettled

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Disdain

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

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Disparage

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

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Dissociate

separate

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Dissolution

disintegration, decomposition and dispersion

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Docile

easily managed, obedient, passive

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Edifice

a very large building

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Elicit

to bring out a response, to evoke

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Emaciated

very thin (usually as a result of starvation), wasting away

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Embellish

to decorate, to make beautiful with ornamentation

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Emulate

to try to equal or to be like (usually through imitation)

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Engender

to cause, to produce, to create

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Engrossed

completely occupied or absorbed

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Entreaty

a plea, an earnest request

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Evanescent

fleeting; vanishing

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Execrable

extremely bad, deserving of hate

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Expeditious

done with speed and efficiency

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Felicitious

happy or delightful

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Ferocity

savagery

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Florid

flowery, flushed with color

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Forbearance

patience, lenience

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Foreboding

premonition of evil, an ominous omen

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Forensic

pertaining to debate or argument

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Furtive

secret in an underhanded way, stealthy

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Galling

very irritating

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Gaunt

very thin, emaciated, angular

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Gravity

seriousness, importance

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Hideous

very ugly, offensive, shocking

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impel

to urge or to drive forward(usuallly with moral pressure)

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implacable

incapabale of being appeased

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impute

to blame or to change

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incorrigible

incapable of being improved or reformed.

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infallible

incapable of making mistakes or being wrong.

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infamous

having a horrible reputaition

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infernal

relating to hell; wicked or diabolical.

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ingenuity

cleverness, inventivness, resourcefulness

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insolence

insultinf or contemptous behavior

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inendate

to flood, to overflow

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inviolable

secure from violation or from being profaned

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irresolute

indecisive, unsure of how to proceed

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juncture

a point of joining

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knotty

so complicated that it can probably not be solved, full of knots

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laconic

using a minimum of words, consive to the point of seeming rude