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Summaries and Commentaries

Book VII

colloquies conversations; esp., formal discussions.

repose to rest or lie at rest.

legates governors of a Roman province, or their deputies.

striplings grown boys; youths passing into manhood.

overture an introductory proposal or offer; indication of willingness to negotiate.

diadem an ornamental cloth headband worn as a crown.

requisite required, as by circumstances; necessary for some purpose; indispensable.

snood a baglike net worn at the back of a woman’s head to hold the hair.

surfeited indulged or supplied to satiety or excess.

temerity foolish or rash boldness; foolhardiness; recklessness.

thong a narrow strip of leather, etc., used as a lace, strap, etc.

subverted overthrown or destroyed.

railed spoken bitterly or reproachfully; complained violently.

cudgel a short, thick stick or club.

shindy a noisy disturbance; commotion; row.

interposed introduced (a remark, opinion, etc.) into a conversation, debate, etc.; put in as an interruption.

kine cows; cattle.


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