Julius Caesar Vocabulary 1 Flashcards
A large gathering of people
Throng
A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
Knave
Ask for or request earnestly
Beseech
Improperly forward or bold
Saucy
A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching holes
Awl
Look for and gather
Cull
Of high moral or intellectual value
Exalted
Of or associated with the great masses of people
Vulgar
Submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior
Servile
Someone who makes predictions of the future
Soothsayer
The appearance conveyed by a person’s face
Countenance
Make sense of; assign a meaning to
Construe
A carefully considered thought about something
Cogitation
An oppressive power
Yoke
A disorderly crowd of people
Rout
Transmit, as knowledge or a skill
Impart
Cause friction
Chate
Strike against forcefully
Buffet
A band of tissue connecting a muscle to its bony attachment
Sinew
Ask for or request earnestly
Entreat
Look on as or consider
Repute
Scold or reprimand severely or angrily
Chide
In a willing manner
Fain
Strongly opposed
Loath
Pass out from weakness or physical or emotional distress
Swoon
A man’s close-fitting jacket, worn during the Renaissance
Doublet
In an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner
Amiss
The state of being weak in health or body
Infirmity
A young woman
Wench
Unfriendly and inclined toward anger or irritation
Surly
Of momentous or ominous significance
Portentous
A sign indicating the approach of something or someone
Herald
Great in size, force, extent, or degree
Prodigious
Patient endurance especially of pain or distress
Sufferance
Having the capacity to hold something
Retentive
Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal
Offal
Dissenting with the majority opinion
Factious
Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
Redress
A person’s manner of walking
Gait
A pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times
Alchemy
