Julius Caesar Unit 2 Vocabulary

Question 1

Contemporary (adj)

Answer 1

of the present time; modern

Question 2

Base (adj)

Answer 2

without moral principles; ignoble

Question 3

Censure (v)

Answer 3

express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement

Question 4

Confounded (adj)

Answer 4

causing surprise or confusion; used for emphasis, especially to express anger or annoyance

Question 5

Construe (v)

Answer 5

interpret (a word or action) in a particular way

Question 6

Dint (n)

Answer 6

used to indicate that something came about through a particular force or means

Question 7

Disconsolate (adj)

Answer 7

without consolation or comfort; unhappy

Question 8

Enfranchised (adj)

Answer 8

to admit to the privileges of a citizen and especially to the right of suffrage

Question 9

Fawn (v)

Answer 9

to court favor by a cringing or flattering manner

Question 10

Gallant (adj)

Answer 10

(of a person or their behavior) brave; heroic; chivalrous

Question 11

Infirmity (n)

Answer 11

physical or mental weakness

Question 12

Legacy (n)

Answer 12

something (such as property or money) that is received from someone who has died

Question 13

Malice (n)

Answer 13

desire to cause pain, injury, or distress to another

Question 14

Peevish (adj)

Answer 14

easily irritated, especially by unimportant things

Question 15

Portentous (adj)

Answer 15

of, relating to, or constituting a portent (omen or sign)

Question 16

Proscription (n)

Answer 16

a posted notice listing Roman citizens who had been declared outlaws and whose goods were confiscated

Question 17

Providence (n)

Answer 17

the protective care of God or of nature as a spiritual power

Question 18

Redress (v)

Answer 18

remedy or set right (an undesirable or unfair situation)

Question 19

Salutation (n)

Answer 19

a gesture or utterance made as a greeting or acknowledgment of another’s arrival or departure

Question 20

Slanderous (adj)

Answer 20

(of a spoken statement) false or malicious