Julius Caesar Vocabulary 1

Question 1

A large gathering of people

Answer 1

Throng

Question 2

A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel

Answer 2

Knave

Question 3

Ask for or request earnestly

Answer 3

Beseech

Question 4

Improperly forward or bold

Answer 4

Saucy

Question 5

A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching holes

Answer 5

Awl

Question 6

Look for and gather

Answer 6

Cull

Question 7

Of high moral or intellectual value

Answer 7

Exalted

Question 8

Of or associated with the great masses of people

Answer 8

Vulgar

Question 9

Submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior

Answer 9

Servile

Question 10

Someone who makes predictions of the future

Answer 10

Soothsayer

Question 11

The appearance conveyed by a person’s face

Answer 11

Countenance

Question 12

Make sense of; assign a meaning to

Answer 12

Construe

Question 13

A carefully considered thought about something

Answer 13

Cogitation

Question 14

An oppressive power

Answer 14

Yoke

Question 15

A disorderly crowd of people

Answer 15

Rout

Question 16

Transmit, as knowledge or a skill

Answer 16

Impart

Question 17

Cause friction

Answer 17

Chate

Question 18

Strike against forcefully

Answer 18

Buffet

Question 19

A band of tissue connecting a muscle to its bony attachment

Answer 19

Sinew

Question 20

Ask for or request earnestly

Answer 20

Entreat

Question 21

Look on as or consider

Answer 21

Repute

Question 22

Scold or reprimand severely or angrily

Answer 22

Chide

Question 23

In a willing manner

Answer 23

Fain

Question 24

Strongly opposed

Answer 24

Loath

Question 25

Pass out from weakness or physical or emotional distress

Answer 25

Swoon

Question 26

A man’s close-fitting jacket, worn during the Renaissance

Answer 26

Doublet

Question 27

In an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner

Answer 27

Amiss

Question 28

The state of being weak in health or body

Answer 28

Infirmity

Question 29

A young woman

Answer 29

Wench

Question 30

Unfriendly and inclined toward anger or irritation

Answer 30

Surly

Question 31

Of momentous or ominous significance

Answer 31

Portentous

Question 32

A sign indicating the approach of something or someone

Answer 32

Herald

Question 33

Great in size, force, extent, or degree

Answer 33

Prodigious

Question 34

Patient endurance especially of pain or distress

Answer 34

Sufferance

Question 35

Having the capacity to hold something

Answer 35

Retentive

Question 36

Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal

Answer 36

Offal

Question 37

Dissenting with the majority opinion

Answer 37

Factious

Question 38

Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil

Answer 38

Redress

Question 39

A person’s manner of walking

Answer 39

Gait

Question 40

A pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times

Answer 40

Alchemy