List 2         Tale of Two Cities

Book II, chapters 7-9

1. Emulate – admire; imitate

2. Valet – servant

3. Cowed – fearful

4. Propitiate – beg for favor

5. Imperturbable – unflappable; not easily upset

6. Homage – respect; obedience

7. Diabolic – devilish; evil

8. Portend – signify for the future

 

Book II, chapters 10-16

9. Incorrigible – incapable of reform

10. Magnanimous – generous

11. Transitory – existing for a short time only

12. Profligate – recklessly dissolute person

13. Interment – burial

14. Ruminate – think deeply [cogitate]

15. Vinous – pertaining to wine

16. League – a measure of distance; about 3 miles

17. Olfactory – pertaining to smell

18. Coquetry – pretended affection

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