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armada
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a large fleet of warships
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arma - arms, weapons
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audacious
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recklessly bold; daring
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audax - bold, daring
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punitive
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concerned with or inflicting punishment
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poena - a punishment
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auxiliary
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assisting, supporting
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auxilium - help, aid
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viator
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a traveler
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via - a road; a way
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portico
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a porch or covered walkway, often across the front of a building, having a roof supported by columns
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porta - a gate
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postdate
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to give or write a date later than the true date
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post - after; do - to give
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antebellum
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before the Civil War
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ante - before; bellum - a war
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preoccupied
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absorbed in thought lost in thought
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pre - before; occupo - to seize
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primate
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1). any of an order of mammals including apes, monkeys, lemurs and humans 2). the highest -ranking bishop of a country or province
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primus - first
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belligerent
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eager to fight
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bellum - a war
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imperil
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to place in danger; to endanger
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periculum - a danger
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