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Student Guide Dictionary for:
Famous Men of Rome
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
Heidi
Lassie Come Home
~A~
Accustomed place
Adequate sufficient, enough
Adjacent next to, neighboring
Adorned decorated
Affably easygoing, friendly
Affectionate loving
Agile quick in movement
Agonized painful
Alluring attractive or tempting
Aloof at a distance
Altar platform for worship or sacrifice
Alarmed startled, overcome with sudden fear
Ambassadors diplomats; envoys; state officials sent to solve disputes
Ambition a strong desire to succeed
Ambled walked slowly
Amiability friendliness
Amphi from Greek: on both sides
Appeased satisfied; relieved
Appointed (appoint) assign to an office or duty
Aqueduct artificial channel for transporting water
Arena round or oval stadium
Armistice truce
Asserted stated something as being true
Astonished (astonish) to surprise
Augurs male fortuneteller
Augustus Latin: sacred, venerable
Avenge to take vengeance on another
Averts to ward off or prevent
Avid eager, enthusiastic
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Bane person or thing causing someone’s downfall
Banish to expel from a place, as a punishment
Barbarian savage; uncivilized; non-Roman
Barricades defensive barrier
Barter direct exchange of goods without money
Battering rams engine designed to break down walls
Bear me out agree with
Beckoned gestured to someone to come
Befriended (befriend) to make a friend of
Bellows air blowing device
Beseechingly in a desperate, pleading way
Besiege to surround by army
Bewildered confused
Bidding orders
Bleak gray; depressing
Bludgeoned beaten or knocked down
Blunders mistakes
Boisterous noisy
Boughs branches of a tree
Bows front part of a ship
Brandishing waving
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Campaign a series of operations
Canny crafty, clever
Capital government building
Carcass dead body of an animal
Careworn worried
Cascaded flowed fast in large amounts
Catacombs underground cemeteries, used by early Christians
Cease to stop
Censor magistrate in charge of the census
Cinders hot ashes
Circumvent go around a restriction
Clad dressed
Cocky feeling too proud of oneself
Coecus (Caecus) Latin: blind
Cohorts company of soldiers, one-tenth of a legion
Colossal of immense size
Colossus huge statue
Concealed hidden
Concealment being hidden; secrecy; privacy
Condemn (condemned) sentenced, to convict as guilty
Consoling comforting
Consolingly in a way that comforts someone sad
Conspirators one who makes a plot
Conspired planned with others against someone
Constitution the body’s ability to keep healthy
Consuls highest governing official of the Roman state
Contempt looking down on; scorn; lack of respect
Contented happy, satisfied
Contentment a feeling of calm or satisfaction
Contradict to disagree with
Converted (convert) to change religions
Conviction firm belief
Cordial a strong, sweetened liquor
Cordially in a warm, friendly manner
Courtiers attendants in the royal court
Christened named
Crestfallen disappointed; discouraged
Crooned sang or murmured gently
Cryptic mysterious
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Dainty delicate
Decoy a lure used by a hunter
Degenerating (degenerate) to fall apart
Degraded lowered in rank; disgraced
Deprived lacking or kept from something one needs
Descendants offspring
Desertion leaving one’s duty without permission
Detached separated
Dethrone to remove from the throne
Devoured (devour) to eat up
Dictator leader appointed for 6 months during danger
Dire troubling, horrible
Disclaimed denied knowing about something
Disdainful scornful; looking down upon
Disheveled untidy; disorderly
Disperse to spread out or scatter
Dispute to disagree and argue
Dominions lands ruled by someone
Dourly sternly and seriously
Downcast depressed, sad
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Eagle bearer soldier who carried pole with eagles on top
Ecstatically with joyful excitement
Edict official order
Eerie unnerving, spooky
Elemental basic and essential
Eloquence impressive speech
Eloquent well-spoken, expressive
Elude to escape
Emaciated very thin
Eminences rises of ground, high places
Encamped (encamp) to set up camp
Enchanted put under a spell
Encountered to come upon or meet with
Engaged involved
Enraged very angry, infuriated
Entitled had a right to; deserved
Entrenched surrounded by trenches
Envoys government messenger
Equivocation evasion; statement that is unclear and misleading
Erected (erect) to build up; to raise up
Exasperation great annoyance or frustration
Exertions hard work
Expedition trip; voyage
Expel to force out
Exquisite exceptionally fine
Extent scope, limit, size
Extravagance luxury, excess
Extricate to untangle
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Faculty ability; skill
Fasces emblem of authority: ax in a bundle of rods
Feeble weak
Felix Latin: happy or fortunate
Ferocious vicious
Fervently having great enthusiasm or spirit
Festering generating pus from infection; becoming infected
Filial befitting a son
Flee to escape from danger
Fleeting temporary; passing quickly
Flourishing thriving
Flushed red in the face; rose-cheeked
Foliage the leaves of a plant; leafage
Foreboding a feeling that evil or misfortune is coming
Forfeit lost to someone else
Forlorn sad, downcast; lonely and miserable
Forsakes abandons
Fortified protected with walls, engines, etc.
Fortify to strengthen
Fraternizing being friendly with someone
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Gaiety high-spirits, merrymaking
Gait manner of walking
Gallant brave
Gaunt lean; thin
Generation group of people born around the same time
Geography the study of places on a map
Gilded layered with gold
Glibly insincerely
Gloating feeling great, often evil pleasure about someone’s misfortune
Glutton greedy with food and drink
Gluttony to much eating or drinking
Gnawed worn away by chewing
Grimaces painful facial expressions
Groped felt about blindly
Gouging taking advantage
Grandeur magnificence
Gumption common sense
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Halfwitted stupid
Hapless unlucky
Harried annoyed, harassed
Haste speed; rapidity
Hastened (hasten) to move quickly; to hurry
Havoc great destruction or damage
Heir one who inherits
Hermit loner; withdrawn from others
Hesitate to be slow to act
Hoax a trick to make something seem real that’s not
Hobnailed nailed soles
Homage praise
Humbly not arrogantly, modestly
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Idle unproductive
Immobility the inability to move
Impasse a dead end
Imperceptible very slight, not noticeable
Impertinent rude
Imploring desperately begging
Imposing impressive
Improvising to make or do something at the spur of the moment
Impudence rudeness, offensive boldness
Impulse a sudden urge
Incandescent glowing brightly
Inclination a liking or preference
Indignant offended; insulted
Induce to persuade
Industrial having to do with making products
Industrious skillful, diligent
Ingrained firmly fixed in someone’s mind
Innocent not guilty of a crime
Innovative in a new way
Inquisitive curious, or wanting to know more
Inroads raids
Intently with great focus
Interfere to meddle, to get between others
Intimate close, very personal
Intrusion unwelcome arrival
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January first month of the year; month of Janus
Javelins light throwing spear
Jeered laughed scornfully at someone
Jugum Latin: a yoke
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Kettle metal pot for boiling water or cooking
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Labarum military symbol with cross and Christ’s initials
Laden heavily loaded; burdened
Legions division of Roman army, 4000-5000 men
Liberated freed
Lictors police officer
Logic the study of thinking rightly
Lope a long, easy stride
Lustily with spirit and enthusiasm
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Meagre (meager) poor
Melancholy depressed; sad
Merciful kind, showing mercy
Menacing threatening
Mimicked copied; imitated
Modest not drawing attention to your achievements
Monetary having to do with money
Morose gloomy
Moustaches facial hair above the upper lip
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Naumachia mock ship battle, stadium for…
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Obedient obeying
Obstreperous noisily and disorderly
Ominous suggesting that something bad may happen
Orator one who gives public speeches
Ordinary common, everyday kind
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Pale not colorful, bright, or lively
Papyrus plant pounded to make paper
Parapet protective railing or barrier
Parcels something wrapped up in paper; packages
Passionately showing strong feeling
Patricians nobles; ruling class
Patriotism devotion to one’s own country
Pavilion a large tent
Peaky sickly; pale
Penance self-punishment to show remorse
Penitently feeling sorry for sin or wrongdoing
Pension money paid to retired persons
Peremptory commanding
Perish to die
Perplexed puzzled or confused
Persecute to make suffer for one’s beliefs
Pert bold; spirited
Petty small, insignificant, minor
Piers platforms over water
Pilum long spear
Plebeians the common people
Precipitately suddenly
Prejudiced biased; influenced; based on feelings not facts
Presume to believe something to be true
Pretense behavior that tries to deceive
Profusion a great amount
Prospect expectation or looking forward
Plot plan, conspiracy
Plumage feathers of a bird
Plunder to take goods by force
Plunged (plunge) to dive in and submerge; pushed
Pompously proudly; importantly
Ponderously without liveliness
Porticoes (portico) covered walkway
Principal main, most important
Prominent standing out, of high status
Prophecy a prediction
Prosperous flourishing
Provinces directly-rules region of the Roman Empire
Prosperous flourishing
Prows front end of a roman warship
Pulpit platform for public speaking
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Quarrel fight
Quarry a hunted animal; prey
Queer strange
Quicksilver mercury; a silver-colored liquid metal
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Ravening greedy, like a predator for food
Ravines deep narrow valleys
Refuge place of shelter
Reign period of rule
Relent to become less severe; to slacken
Reliable dependable; trustworthy
Relish to enjoy
Rendezvous meeting
Reprimanded (reprimand) to scold sharply
Repulsive disgusting
Renounced given up something that was yours
Resentment anger at something; bitterness
Resigned (resign) to give up, leave voluntarily; accepting or unresisting
Resolute determined
Resolved (resolve) decided; planned; made up his mind
Revelry loud merrymaking
Revenge act of getting even
Rhythm a regular pattern of movement
Robust strong and healthy
Romp very lively, carefree play
Rostrum metal figure on prow, resembling a bird’s beak
Rouse to awaken
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Savage ferocious, uncivilized
Scarcity lack, insufficiency
Schemes secret plans meant to harm someone
Scowled frowned and glared
Scudding ragged and swiftly moving
Scornfully with contempt, contemptuously
Scourge to whip; to inflict pain
Seldom rarely
Siege blockade of a city
Seized (seize) to grab
Senate legislative assembly
Severe harsh
Shrill loud high-pitched sound
Simpleton simple-minded person
Sibyls female fortuneteller
Slain (slay) to kill
Sojourn visit; temporary stay
Sole only
Solemn deeply serious and sober
Somber serious and sad
Spick and span very clean
Spoils valuables taken from an enemy in war
Squarely directly; straightforwardly
Standard pole with emblem identifying legion
Statuary statues
Stern strict
Sternly harshly; with severity
Sterns back part of a ship
Stoa Greek: a roofed colonnade or porch
Stolidly in an unemotional manner
Stout resolute; firm
Strenuous tough; active
Stylus tool for writing on wax tablet
Sub Latin: under
Subjugate to subdue, conquer
Sublicae wooden pilings
Submit to give in, surrender to another’s authority
Subsequently afterward
Succession process of replacing one ruler with another
Successor someone who follows
Sulky gloomy
Summoned (summon) to call; to request (someone to come)
Surmount to get over the top of something; to overcome
Suspicion mistrust
Swathe a covering or wrapping
~T~
Tarpaulin protective waterproof covering
Taunted (taunt) to make fun of, tease
Tawny dull yellowish-brown color
Tedium boredom, monotony
Tiers rows of seats
Tirade long angry speech
Thrive to grow and survive heartily
Toga white, woolen, formal attire of noble Romans
Torques Latin: twisted collar
Torrents great amounts
Traitor one who betrays others
Treason act of disloyalty or betrayal toward one’s government
Treacherous marked by betrayal of confidence or trust
Tremulously fearfully; with trembling
Tribunes elected representative of the plebs
Trifle a little bit; small amount
Triumphal in celebration of a victory
Triumvirs members of a 3-man ruling body
Tumult confused and noisy commotion
Tumultuous noisy and violent
Tussle disagreement
Tyrant oppressive ruler; cruel leader
~U~
Unbounded without boundaries, unlimited
~V~
Vague not clear
Valor bravery and boldness
Vanished disappeared
Vantage a spot where the view of something is best
Vassal one who owes allegiance
Vast huge, of great extent
Vengeance retaliation, revenge
Vermin disgusting animal or person
Veto power to prevent the passing of a law; Latin: I forbid
Vexing irritating
Victor winner
Vigil night watch
Vigorously using great energy
Vile disgusting or foul
Vividly with clarity and detail
Volume cylindrical roll of paper or parchment (volumen is Latin for “roll”)
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Wantonly in a way that is unnecessary and without good reason
Wares merchandise; products for sale
Waylaid stopped or intercepted by someone
Wean to withdraw from a habit
Wretchedly miserably
Wryly amused at something contrary or ironic
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