Julius Caesar Vocab Flashcards
Niggard
A stingy person
Triumvirate
A governing coalition of three leaders
Waspish
Bad tempered
Covetous
Greedy
Precipitate
To move, to press on with haste or violation
Knave
A dishonest, deceitful person
Choleric
Hot-tempered
Misconstrue
Misunderstand
Drivers
Various
Vaunt
To boast or brag
Envenom
To fill with hate
Chastisement
Punishment
Staccato
Distinct breaks between successive tones
Anachronism
Putting a person or place in somewhere it does not belong in time
Disconsolate
So unhappy that nothing will comfort
Augerer
One who interprets
Subtle
Mysteriously crafty
Appertain
Pertain or relate to
Conjure
Cause to appear in the mind
Mettle
Spirit, courage
Emulation
Desire to excel
Imminent
Bound to happen
Revel
Make merry
Chide
Scold in a mild way
Cognizance
Awareness
Constancy
Staying the same
Expound
Explain or make clear
Dank
Unpleasantly damp
Portent
Warning of coming evil
Exorcist
One who believes he can drive out evil spirits by prayer
Augment
To increase in size
Affability
Ease and friendliness
Conspiracy
A plot to agree secretly to do an unlawful or wrongful act
Contrive
Plan; plot; scheme
Menace
Threat; danger
Visage
Face or countenance of a person
Tyrant
An absolute ruler unrestrained by law
Entrails
Innards
Patrician
Aristocrat; a person of high birth
Plebeian
Commoner
Taper
A long slender candle
Portent
Omen; a sign or warning
Portentous
Amazing or wonder
Interim
A period of time between
Instigation
To incite to action
Knave
A male servant
Concave
Curved inward
Countenance
The expression on a persons face
Vex
To irritate
Conception
An idea or thought
Servile
Slavish
Buffet
To struggle against
Sinew
A tendon
Wrought
Preformed
Seduce
To win one over to ones side
Construe
To interpret
Faction
A group within an organization working together against the body or other groups
Bestow
To give
Retentive
Having the ability to keep or hold
Sufferance
The ability to endure pain or redress
Infuse
To fill as if by pouring
Aught
Anything at all
Entreat
To ask for earnestly
Exalted
Noble; sublime
Redress
To set right; to make amends