Julius Caesar-real vocab

Question 1

spurn

Answer 1

to reject with disdain; scorn

Question 2

enfranchisment

Answer 2

admit to citizenship, especially to the right of voting

Question 3

vouchsafe

Answer 3

to grant or give as by favor

Question 4

havoc

Answer 4

great destruction or devastation

Question 5

carrion

Answer 5

dead and putrefying flesh

Question 6

grievous

Answer 6

causing grief or great sorrow

Question 7

testament

Answer 7

a will (when someone dies)

Question 8

eulogy

Answer 8

a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing, especially a set oration in honor of a deceased person

Question 9

extenuate

Answer 9

to represent a fault or offense as less serious

Question 10

puissant

Answer 10

powerful; mighty; potent

Question 11

proscription

Answer 11

the act of prohibiting

Question 12

salutation

Answer 12

to address with expressions of goodwill, respect

Question 13

exigent

Answer 13

requiring immediate action or aid

Question 14

cur

Answer 14

a mean cowardly person

Question 15

peevish

Answer 15

complainer

Question 16

epicurean

Answer 16

having luxurious tastes or habits

Question 17

stoic

Answer 17

of or pertaining to the school of philosophy founded by Zeno, who taught that people should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity

Question 18

demeanor

Answer 18

conduct or behavior