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Caesar's English Lesson 4 and below
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videlicet (viz.) namely
placate to appease anger
derision ridicule/ridiculous
vivacious full of life
procure to acquire
retort quick, clever reply
vitality strength or energy
paternal of the father
matriarch female head of family
populous densely populated
commandeer officially take control
intramural within an institution
centennial one hundred year anniversary
ad infinitum again and again forever
infer conclude from evidence
audible able to be heard
benevolent good will/charitable
somber gloomy or sad
prostrate lying flat
profuse abundant
localized restricted to one place
surfeit excessive amount
altercation a noisy argument
contrary the opposite
stellar star student/of a star/exempllar
inexorable inevitable (unable to escape)
doleful mournful
alacrity eagerness
indolent lazy
ostentatious showy
altercation noisy argument
amatory romantic
sublunar under the moon
aggregate a collected mass
declaim speak against
entangled snared/involved
oblique indirect or slanting
magnanimous generous
peremptory dictatorial
adjunct unessential addition
mediate intervene
temporize to delay or stall
elucidate explain
mariner sailor
importune to pester
pensive thoughtful
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