Read this excerpt from The Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.
[T]o-day, taking the life of an atrocious murderer, and to-morrow of a wretched pilferer who had robbed a farmer's boy of sixpence.
Which word provides the best clue to the meaning of pilferer?
A. atrocious
B. murderer
C. wretched
D. robbed
