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ATOTC vocab book two
Vocabulary words for book two of A Tale of Two Cities
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Purloin | To steal |
| Dogged | Stubbornly unyielding, obstinate |
| Insolent | Insulting, laid back |
| Lucrative | Profitable, money making |
| Disinterestedly | Freedom from bias, self-interest, without personal gain |
| Incorrigible | Incapable of being corrected or reformed |
| Magnanimous | Generous and forgiving |
| Venerable | Worthy of respect |
| Irresolute | Indecisive |
| Ubiquitous | Being or seeming to be everywhere at once |
| Recompose | Payment in return for something given, spoken in money terms |
| Bacchanalian | A drunken or riotous party, indulged in drinking and partying |
| Superciliously | Haughty, disdainful, arrogant, stuck-up |
| Sinister | Suggesting evil |
| Fortnight | Two weeks |
| Feigned | Pretended |
| Miscreant | One who believes criminally or badly |
| Pensive | Deep in thought-often melancholy |
| Beatified | Blessed |
| Redress | Pay back for a wrong |