The Prince & Julius Caesar Vocab Flashcards
(50 cards)
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Fever, illness
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ague
2
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fortune teller
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augurers
3
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A shoemakers knife
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awl
4
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obligated, indebted
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beholden
5
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anger
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choler
6
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urgent, pressing
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exigent
7
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Rotting, inedible meat
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offal
8
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A club or staff like weapon
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mace
9
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courage valor
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mettle
10
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trifle with; hagle
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palter
11
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powerful, potent
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puissant
12
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medicines
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tinctures
13
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A favorable opinion; excessive appreciation of ones own worth
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conceit
14
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A great project or undertaking
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enterprise
15
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thrive; prosper
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flourish
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Lacking worth or basis; inactive
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idle
17
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cloak or figurative cloak
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mantle
18
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set right
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redress
19
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To overcome, subdue, defeat
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vanquished
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Retaliation, punishment inflicted
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vengeance
21
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honor
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reverence
22
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disloyal; false; guilty
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treacherous
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Absolute power, totalitarianism
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tyranny
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comfort, reassurance
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consolation
25
middle of each month
ides
26
A professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army
mercenary
27
government in which power resides in elected officials
republic
28
not subject to change
steadfast
29
One who develops plan for using nations political, economic, or military forces
strategist
30
Leaders who strictly control all others in a state/regime
totalitarians
31
Diligence
assiduity
32
Excessive, insatiable desire for wealth or gain
avarice
33
Considering all circumstances, prudence
circumspection
34
call together or summon
convoke
35
To strip of belongings, possessions, or value
despoil
36
Being hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence
diffidence
37
to cause to exist or develop, produce
engender
38
hatred, ill-will
enmity
39
Rouse, incite, to promote growth
foment
40
unfriendly; hostile
inimical
41
Uncertain how to act or proceed
irresolute
42
To cause to become less harsh or hostile
mitigate
43
Very generous
munificence
44
Evil
nefarious
45
deadly or fatal
pernicious
46
foreshadowing; to give an omen or forewarning of
presage
47
lacking courage
pusillanimous
48
aggressive greed
rapacity
49
recklessness, rashness
temerity
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Characterized by cunning, deception, or dishonesty
Machiavellian
