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Part 1: A Tale of Two Cities Vocabulary
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English
10th Grade
01/28/2010

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Acuity

Definition
Sharpness of perception
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Advocacy
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Support of an idea or cause
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Affable
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Friendly, cutious or amiable
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Antipathy
Definition
A dislike, distaste or enmity
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Apocrythal
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Of doubtful origin of autenthicity not geneuine
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Approbation
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Official approval, praise, commendation
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Ardent
Definition
Expressing strong fealings, or passions, or zealous
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Ardor
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Warmth or heat of emotion, extreme force or energy
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Ascend
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To move upward, to rise from a lower station
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Atheist
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One who does not believe in God
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Auspicious
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Favorable
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Aversion
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Strong disinclination or disliking
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Beguile
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To decieve, to mislead, to persuade with charm
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Benign
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Not causing harm, of gentle disposition, beneficial
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Blasphemous
Definition
Irreverent or profane
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Blunderbuss
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A clumsy and careless person, an obsolete firearm with a bell muzzle
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Catituoate
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To surrender
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Compatriot
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A fellow countryman
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Complacency
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The state of being self satisfied
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Conflagration
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A large fire
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Consecrate
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To dedicate or to declare sacred
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Corroboration
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Confirmation
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Debauchery
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Moral corruption
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Deference
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Curtious; going along with the opinions and wishes of another
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Demented
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Insane
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Demur
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To hesitate to delay, to object
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Deprecate
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To dissaprove regretfully, to belittle, to express mild dissaproval
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Desolate
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Deserted without inhabitance or barren
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Despoil
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To take possesions by force, to plunder
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Despondency
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Depression or dejection
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Diffidence
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Shyness, reserve, or unassertiveness
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Discern
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To differenciate between two or more things
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Disconcerting
Definition
Upsetting or frustrating
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