The Prince & Julius Caesar Vocab Flashcards
Fever, illness
ague
fortune teller
augurers
A shoemakers knife
awl
obligated, indebted
beholden
anger
choler
urgent, pressing
exigent
Rotting, inedible meat
offal
A club or staff like weapon
mace
courage valor
mettle
trifle with; hagle
palter
powerful, potent
puissant
medicines
tinctures
A favorable opinion; excessive appreciation of ones own worth
conceit
A great project or undertaking
enterprise
thrive; prosper
flourish
Lacking worth or basis; inactive
idle
cloak or figurative cloak
mantle
set right
redress
To overcome, subdue, defeat
vanquished
Retaliation, punishment inflicted
vengeance
honor
reverence
disloyal; false; guilty
treacherous
Absolute power, totalitarianism
tyranny
comfort, reassurance
consolation
middle of each month
ides
A professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army
mercenary
government in which power resides in elected officials
republic
not subject to change
steadfast
One who develops plan for using nations political, economic, or military forces
strategist
Leaders who strictly control all others in a state/regime
totalitarians
Diligence
assiduity
Excessive, insatiable desire for wealth or gain
avarice
Considering all circumstances, prudence
circumspection
call together or summon
convoke
To strip of belongings, possessions, or value
despoil
Being hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence
diffidence
to cause to exist or develop, produce
engender
hatred, ill-will
enmity
Rouse, incite, to promote growth
foment
unfriendly; hostile
inimical
Uncertain how to act or proceed
irresolute
To cause to become less harsh or hostile
mitigate
Very generous
munificence
Evil
nefarious
deadly or fatal
pernicious
foreshadowing; to give an omen or forewarning of
presage
lacking courage
pusillanimous
aggressive greed
rapacity
recklessness, rashness
temerity
Characterized by cunning, deception, or dishonesty
Machiavellian