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Glossary: Caesar's English Volumes I and II Glossary
A

abate

(v.) to lessen

abject

(adj.) miserable

abyss

(n.) a bottomless depth

acquiescence

(n.) passive compliance

acr

sharp

acute

(adj.) sharp

ad

to

adjacent

(adj.) adjoining

affable

(adj.) friendly

alacrity

(n.) eagerness

allude

(v.) to indirectly refer to

alter

other

amat

love

ambiguous

(adj.) uncertain

amiable

(adj.) friendly

angui

blood

anim

mind

ante

before

anti

against

apprehension

(n.) fear

aqua

water

archy

government

articulate

(v.) to express clearly

audi

hear

audible

(adj.) able to be heard

austere

(adj.) bare

auto

self
B

bell

war

bene

good

benevolent

(adj.) charitable

bi

two

bio

life
C

cap

take

cede

go

censure

(n.) strong criticism

cent

one hundred

chron

time

cide

kill

circ

around

cise

cut

clam

cry out

clamor

(n.) outcry

clude

close

cogn

know

com

together

condescend

(v.) to patronize

contra

against

countenance

(n.) facial expression

cred

believe

culp

blame

curr

run
D

de

down

dec

ten

derision

(n.) ridicule

dict

say

dis

away

doleful

(adj.) mournful

dorm

sleep
E

eccentric

(adj.) unconventional

epithet

(n.) a characterizing term

equi

equal

equivocal

(adj.) ambiguous

ex

out

exquisite

(adj.) beautifully made
F

felicity

(n.) great happiness

fer

carry

furtive

(adj.) stealthy

fus

pour
G

genial

(adj.) kind

geo

earth

germ

vital

grat

pleasing

greg

group

grotesque

(adj.) distorted
I

ignominy

(n.) disgrace

impassive

(adj.) expressionless, without emotion

impending

(adj.) about to happen

imperious

(adj.) overbearing

importune

(v.) to pester

incongruous

(adj.) incompatible

incredulous

(adj.) skeptical

indolent

(adj.) lazy

inexorable

(adj.) inevitable

inter

between

intra

within

intro

into

irrevocable

(adj.) unalterable
J

ject

throw

junct

join
L

languor

(n.) weakness

latent

(adj.) present but inactive

livid

(adj.) bruised or pale

loco

place

luc

light

luna

moon

lurid

(adj.) sensational
M

magn

great

magnanimous

(adj.) generous

mal

bad

malevolence

(n.) ill will

manifest

(adj.) obvious

mar

sea

martyr

(n.) one who suffers

matri

mother

medi

middle

melancholy

(n.) sadness

migr

wander

miss

send

mortify

(v.) to profoundly humiliate
N

neo

new

nov

new

numer

number
O

oblique

(adj.) indirect or slanting

obsequious

(adj.) cringing

odious

(adj.) hateful

omni

all

orthodox

(adj.) traditional

ostentatious

(adj.) showy
P

pallor

(n.) paleness

palpable

(adj.) touchable

pater

father

pend

hang

pensive

(adj.) thoughtful

per

through

peremptory

(adj.) imperious

perplex

(v.) to confuse

pervade

(v.) to spread throughout

placate

(v.) to appease

placid

(adj.) calm

plu

more

pond

weight

pop

people

post

after

pre

before

procure

(v.) to acquire

prodigious

(adj.) huge

profane

(adj.) irreverent

profound

(adj.) deep

profuse

(adj.) abundant

prostrate

(v.) to lie flat (Caesar's English I - Lesson 16)
(adj.) lying flat (Caesar's English II - Lesson 4)

pugn

fight

punct

point

put

think
R

re

again

rect

right

remonstrate

(v.) to object

repose

(n.) resting

retort

(n.) a quick, clever reply

rupt

break
S

sagacity

(n.) wisdom

sanct

holy

sanguine

(adj.) cheerfully confident

scope

look

scrib

write

se

apart

semi

half

serene

(adj.) calm

singular

(adj.) unique

solicitude

(n.) concern

somber

(adj.) gloomy

son

sound

spec

look

stell

star

stolid

(adj.) unemotional

sub

under

sublime

(adj.) lofty

subtle

(adj.) slight

super

over

superfluous

(adj.) extra

sur

over

sym

together
T

tacit

(adj.) unspoken

tang

touch

tangible

(adj.) touchable

tedious

(adj.) boring

tempor

time

torpid

(adj.) sluggish

tort

twist

trans

across

transient

(adj.) existing briefly

traverse

(v.) to cross

tremulous

(adj.) quivering

trib

pay

tumult

(n.) disturbance
U

un

not

undulate

(v.) to wave

urb

city
V

venerate

(v.) to respect

ver

true

verdure

(n.) vegetation

vex

(v.) to irritate

vid

look

visage

(n.) the face

vita

life

vivacious

(adj.) full of life

vivid

(adj.) bright

voc

voice

vulgar

(adj.) common
W

wistful

yearning