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20 Cards in this Set
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a volume having large-sized pages
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folio
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a visionary
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soothsayer
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a member of the orinal senatorial of aristocracy in ancient Rome; any person of noble or high rank; aristocrat
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patrician
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population; the common people
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populace
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a government of three officers; any group or set of three
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triumvirate
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March 15th
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ides of March
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an unprincipled or dishonest person
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knave
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to implore urgently
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beseech
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a pershon who upholds or defends the rights of the people; in Roman history, any of the various administrative officers, especially on of ten officers elected to protect the interests and rights of the plebeians from patricians
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tribune
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the "science" that claimed to change base materials into gold; a medievial form of chemistry
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alchemy
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ominous; warning of things to come
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portentous
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a shoemaker
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cobbler
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a tool used in sewing shoes
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awl
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troubled
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vexed
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to seek notice or favor by servile behavior
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fawn
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mournd for, as a person who is dead
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lamented
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to bear, suffer, tolerate
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brook
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a person who sercretly plots to carry out an evil or illegal act
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conspirator
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submissive
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servile
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weakness
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infirmity
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