Julius Caesar Vocab Flashcards by Logan Ashabranner | Brainscape

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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

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Awareness

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Constancy

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Staying the same

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Expound

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Explain or make clear

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Dank

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Unpleasantly damp

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Portent

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Warning of coming evil

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Exorcist

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One who believes he can drive out evil spirits by prayer

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Augment

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To increase in size

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Affability

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Ease and friendliness

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Conspiracy

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A plot to agree secretly to do an unlawful or wrongful act

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Contrive

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Plan; plot; scheme

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Menace

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Threat; danger

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Visage

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Face or countenance of a person

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Tyrant

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An absolute ruler unrestrained by law

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Entrails

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Innards

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Patrician

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Aristocrat; a person of high birth

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Plebeian

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Commoner

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Taper

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A long slender candle

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Portent

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Omen; a sign or warning

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Portentous

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Amazing or wonder

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Interim

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A period of time between

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Instigation

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To incite to action

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Knave

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A male servant

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Concave

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Curved inward

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Countenance

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The expression on a persons face

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Vex

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To irritate

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Conception

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An idea or thought

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Servile

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Slavish

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Buffet

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To struggle against

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Sinew

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A tendon

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Wrought

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Preformed

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Seduce

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To win one over to ones side

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Construe

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To interpret

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Faction

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A group within an organization working together against the body or other groups

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Bestow

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To give

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Retentive

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Having the ability to keep or hold

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Sufferance

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The ability to endure pain or redress

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Infuse

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To fill as if by pouring

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Aught

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Anything at all

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Entreat

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To ask for earnestly

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Exalted

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Noble; sublime

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Redress

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To set right; to make amends