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11. Vocabulary List 12
Roman Fever
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12/01/2009
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the Palatine
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(n) one of the seven hills of Rome
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the Forum
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(n) Roman marketplace
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effulgence
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(n) brightly shining; radiance
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parapet
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(n) protecting rampart in a fort
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speakeasy
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(n) place where alcoholic drinks are sold illegally
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salient
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(adj) standing out conspicuously
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foil
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(n) one that sets off another by contrast
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asperity
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(n) roughness
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pique
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(n) resentment
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interpolated
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(v) to change by putting in new words, subjects matter, etc.
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opulent
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(adj) lavish
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derelict
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(adj) abandoned
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nullities
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(adj) having no legal or binding force
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