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Tale Vocabulary BK2
Tale of Two Cities vocabulary for Book Two
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Purloin | (verb) to steal |
| Dogged Manner | (adj) Stubbornly unyielding; obstinate |
| Insolent Manner | (adj) Insulting, laid back. |
| Lucrative Practice | (adj) Profitable; Money-making |
| Redress a Wrong | (verb) Pay back in return. Set right a wrong. |
| Disinterestedly | (adverb) Freedom from bias, self-interest. |
| Incorrigible | (adj) Incapable of being corrected or reformed. |
| Magnanimous | (adj) Generous and forgiving |
| Venerable | (adj) Worthy of respect. |
| Irresolute | (adj) Indecisive |
| Ubiquitous | (adj) Being or seeming to be everywhere at once. |
| Recompense | (verb) Payment in return for something given. |
| Bacchanalian | (adj) Drunken or riotous party, indulged in drinking. |
| Superciliously | (adverb) Haughty, disdainful |
| Sinister | (adj) Suggesting evil |
| Fortnight | (noun) Two weeks |
| Feigned | (adj) Pretended |
| Miscreant | (noun) One who behaves criminally or bad |
| Pensive | (adj) Deep in thought-often melancholy thought |
| Beatified | (verb) Blessed |