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Ancient Rome
100

a long reptile with no legs that moves by slithering

snake


100

The mnemonic for this red-letter word is "gorillas only each salad"

goes

100

At the party.

fragment

100

can + not

can't

100
He was the ancient Roman got of war, similar to Ares of Greek mythology

Mars

200

A baby deer, like Bambi


fawn


200

This mnemonic represents the red-letter word "been"

Bob enters every nation

200

He was not there.

sentence

200

will + not

won't

200

These two brothers were raised by a wolf and grew up to build Rome, according to ancient myth.

Romulus and Remus

300

These are the lowest-value pieces in a chess game, but if they can make it across the board they could become queens.

pawns

300

The mnemonic for this words is "big elephants can actually understand small elephants"

because

300

The fur coat in the closet.

fragment

300

they + have

they've

300

This Ancient Roman battle formation involved soldiers closing ranks and holding shields above their heads and also in front so that the group was entirely protected from missiles such as arrows.

Testudo formation (or Tortoise formation)

400

Many spell-casters who often wear pointy hats, ride broomsticks, and are accompanied by cats.

witches

400

These five words are all members of the -ull family

full

bull

pull

dull

skull

400

Hungry for burgers. Let's all go to the restaurant!

fragment; sentence

400

have + not

haven't

400

This Ancient Roman Emperor died on March 15th in the year 44 B.C.E. when he was stabbed by 60 of his senators, including his friend Brutus.

Julius Caesar

500

These are used to close up a wound, and as the saying goes; snitches get them.

stitches

500

These five words are all exceptions to the rule that a short vowel sound must be followed by -tch instead of ch.

rich

much

such

rich

sandwich

500

A dog. I want to pet a dog. No cats.

fragment; sentence; fragment

500

should + have

should've

500

Cleopatra VII of Egypt had relationships with two Ancient Roman leaders. One was Julius Caesar. The other was this man, with whom she had twin children named Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene.

Mark Antony

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