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english-caesar test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| petition,suit | a formal written request |
| amiss | wrongly |
| fawn | to suck up to |
| spurn | kick |
| enfranchisement | freedom |
| firmament | arch of sky, heavens |
| unassailable | unable to be attacked, doubted, questioned |
| confounded | confused |
| mutiny | uproar, rebellion |
| abide | face the consequences of |
| prostrate | lying face down, in a position of submission, on the ground |
| malice | desire to hurt another |
| dignities | offices of state |
| oration | speech for a formal occasion |
| discourse | to speak at length |
| censure | to blame |
| interred | buried |
| grievous | serious |
| bequeath | to leave something to someone in a will |
| vanquished | completley defeated |
| puissant | powerful |
| pricked | marked for death |
| covert | hidden,secret |
| chastisement | punishment |
| chloeric | angry |
| legions | armies |
| covetous | desiring to have someone else's wealth or possessions |
| infirmities | personal weaknesses |
| stoicism | philosphy that emphasizes using self control and stregth to control destructive emotions. stoics believed that certain knowledge can be attained through reason. brutus practiced stoicism |
| parley | a conferene with an enemy to discuss points of dispute |
| peevish | complaning, whining, obstinate person |
| presage | omen |
| misconstrue | interpret something in the wrong way |