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A TALE OF TWO CITIES--BK II Vocabulary
Please complete the following matching game by correctly matching the correct definition to the listed vocabulary from Bk II.
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| acquit | to declare not guilty |
| altercation | a heated argument |
| asseveration | a serious statement |
| Bacchanalian | drunken--referring to the Festival of Bacchus |
| commiseration | sympathy |
| cowed | timid from fear |
| debauched | corrupted; depraved |
| demeanour | outward appearance |
| despondent | lacking hope/dejected |
| disreputable | having a bad reputation |
| functionary | an official |
| imputation | an attribution of fault |
| incorrigible | unable to be corrected or reformed |
| indictment | a formal accusation |
| insinuation | a hint; an indirect suggestion |
| laudanum | a drug containing opium |
| malign | to slander |
| obliterate | to blot out |
| obstinacy | stubbornness |
| parricide | a person who kills his parent |
| pernicious | extremely harmful |
| politic | showing good judgement |
| propensity | a tendency |
| rapturous | ecstatic |
| repose | sleep |
| superciliously | scornfully; arrogantly |
| supplication | a humble request |
| timorous | timid |
| tocsin | an alarm bell |
| unimpeachable | impossible to doubt |
| vehemence | an intense feeling; a passion |
| visage | a face |
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