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Tale of Two Cities .
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| atheistical | adj. not believing in god |
| capitulated | v. surrendered |
| soliloquy | n. act of talking to oneself |
| levity | n. lack of seriousness |
| stolid | adj. unemotional |
| pecuniary | adj. Of, relating to, or consisting of money |
| supplicatory | adj. asking for humbly or earnestly |
| triumvirate | n. A group of three powerful or notable people or things existing in relation to each other |
| repose | n. Temporary rest from activity, excitement, or exertion, esp. sleep or the rest given by sleep |
| admonitory | adj. Giving or conveying a warning or reprimand |
| lethargy | n. A lack of energy; sleepiness |
| sagacity | n. the quality of showing keen mental discernment and good judgment |
| incommodious | adj. Causing inconvenience or discomfort |
| extemporised | v. improvised |
| insensate | adj. Lacking sympathy or compassion; unfeeling |
| convivial | adj. Friendly, lively, and enjoyable |
| cogitated | v. Think deeply about something; meditate or reflect |
| debauchery | n. Excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures |
| aphorism | n. a terse formulation of a truth |
| pernicious | adj. Having a harmful effect, esp. in a gradual or subtle way |
| asseveration | n. act of declaring earnestly or solemnly |
| timorous | adj. Showing or suffering from nervousness, fear, or a lack of confidence |
| beguile | v. Trick (someone) into doing something |
| slovenly | adj. messy and dirty; careless |
| laconic | adj. Using very few words |
| Bacchanalian | adj. Characterized by or given to drunken revelry; riotously drunken |
| florid | adj. Elaborately or excessively intricate or complicated |
| unscrupulous | adj. Having or showing no moral principles; not honest or fair |
| stealthily | adj. in a catious manner |
| languishing | v. Lose or lack vitality; grow weak |
| staid | adj. Sedate, respectable, and unadventurous |
| cataleptic | adj. stiff |
| abject | adj. Extremely bad, unpleasant, and degrading |
| patrician | adj. Belonging to or characteristic of the aristocracy |
| the Furies | n. The three terrible winged goddesses with serpentine hair |
| felicitously | adj. Well chosen or suited to the circumstances; Pleasing and fortunate |
| obsequiousness | n. state of being obedient, dutiful |
| ominous | adj. Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen |
| scruple | n. feeling of doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality or propriety of a course of action |
| importunity | n. state of being persistent |
| diabolic | adj. Belonging to or so evil as to recall the Devil |
| arrears | n. Money that is owed and should have been paid earlier |
| magnanimous | adj. Very generous or forgiving, esp. toward a rival or someone less powerful than oneself |
| forensically | adj. in a way Relating to, used in, or appropriate for courts of law or for public discussion or argumentation |
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