Julius Caesar Vocab Flashcards

(65 cards)

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Niggard

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A stingy person

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Triumvirate

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A governing coalition of three leaders

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Waspish

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Bad tempered

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Covetous

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Greedy

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Precipitate

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To move, to press on with haste or violation

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Knave

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A dishonest, deceitful person

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Choleric

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Hot-tempered

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Misconstrue

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Misunderstand

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Drivers

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Various

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Vaunt

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To boast or brag

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Envenom

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To fill with hate

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Chastisement

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Punishment

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Staccato

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Distinct breaks between successive tones

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Anachronism

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Putting a person or place in somewhere it does not belong in time

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Disconsolate

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So unhappy that nothing will comfort

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Augerer

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One who interprets

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Subtle

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Mysteriously crafty

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Appertain

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Pertain or relate to

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Conjure

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Cause to appear in the mind

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Mettle

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Spirit, courage

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Emulation

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Desire to excel

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Imminent

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Bound to happen

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Revel

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Make merry

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Chide

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Scold in a mild way

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Cognizance
Awareness
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Constancy
Staying the same
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Expound
Explain or make clear
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Dank
Unpleasantly damp
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Portent
Warning of coming evil
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Exorcist
One who believes he can drive out evil spirits by prayer
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Augment
To increase in size
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Affability
Ease and friendliness
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Conspiracy
A plot to agree secretly to do an unlawful or wrongful act
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Contrive
Plan; plot; scheme
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Menace
Threat; danger
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Visage
Face or countenance of a person
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Tyrant
An absolute ruler unrestrained by law
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Entrails
Innards
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Patrician
Aristocrat; a person of high birth
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Plebeian
Commoner
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Taper
A long slender candle
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Portent
Omen; a sign or warning
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Portentous
Amazing or wonder
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Interim
A period of time between
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Instigation
To incite to action
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Knave
A male servant
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Concave
Curved inward
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Countenance
The expression on a persons face
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Vex
To irritate
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Conception
An idea or thought
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Servile
Slavish
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Buffet
To struggle against
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Sinew
A tendon
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Wrought
Preformed
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Seduce
To win one over to ones side
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Construe
To interpret
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Faction
A group within an organization working together against the body or other groups
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Bestow
To give
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Retentive
Having the ability to keep or hold
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Sufferance
The ability to endure pain or redress
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Infuse
To fill as if by pouring
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Aught
Anything at all
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Entreat
To ask for earnestly
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Exalted
Noble; sublime
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Redress
To set right; to make amends