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Julius Caesar Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
1
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An unaccented or unstressed syllable is followed by an accented or stressed one

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Iambic

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2
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There are five iambs per line

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Pentameter

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A metrical foot consisting of two syllables a short one followed by a long one

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Iamb

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4
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Echo or reverberation

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Replication

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5
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Basic character

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Mettle

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6
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Lean or thin

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Spare

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7
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Bodily weakness

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Infirmity

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Violent windstorm with rain snow or hail

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Tempest

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9
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In a proud commanding way

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Surly

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10
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Foreboding full of unspecified meaning

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Portentous

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11
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Impressively forceful

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Prodigious

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12
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Dissembling (disguising) ignorance

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Irony

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13
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When a character fails to recognize realities that are clear to the audience

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Dramatic irony

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14
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Made greater

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Augmented

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15
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Begged, pleaded with

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Entreated

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16
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A group of people plotting an illegal or evil act or such a plot itself

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Conspiracy

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17
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Strong determination

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Resolution

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Act or deed,especially a heroic acheivement

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Exploit

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19
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About to happen

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Imminent

20
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Old word for envy, jealousy

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Emulation

21
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A brief comment a character makes that is not heard by anyone else on stage and that reveals the characters thoughts or feelings

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Aside

22
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A speech made by a character alone on stage

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Soliloquy

23
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A very long speech by one person without interruption from the others on stage

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Monologue

24
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Old word for “petition”

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Suit

25
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Old word for “to kick disdainfully”

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Spurn

26
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Old word for “recalling”, especially from exile

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Repealing

27
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Confused

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Confounded

28
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Open rebellion against authority

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Mutiny

29
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A desire to harm or see harm done to others

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Malice

30
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A formal speech, especially one given at a state occasion, ceremony, or funeral

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Oration

31
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To speak formally and at length

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Discarse

32
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Depraved; ignoble (not honorable)

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Vile

33
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A struggle between opposing forces

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Conflict

34
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Money, property, or position left in a will to someone

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Legacies

35
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Damaging to a person’s reputation

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Slanderous

36
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Hidden; secret

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Covert

37
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Punishment, severe criticism

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Chastisement

38
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System of values

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Philosophy

39
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A dramatic form in which the main character is involved in a struggle of great significance that ends in disaster

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Tragedy

40
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Weakness such as ambition, pride, jealousy, or some other human frailty

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Tragic flaw

41
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The process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions

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Catharsis

42
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A Greek philosopher who tried to find freedom from physical pain and emotional disturbance

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Epicurus

43
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Old word for a standard bearer; one who carries a flag

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Ensign

44
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Feeling of desire for another’s possessions or qualities and jealousy at not having them

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Envy

45
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A poetic form written in the metrical pattern of iambic pentameter

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Blank verse

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