Name: ____________________________
Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
Act III Vocabulary
Hour: ______ Date: _______________
Each of these words is in Act 3 of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.
1. apprehensive – (adj) in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
2. ascend – (verb) to move upward, the rise from a lower station
3. bequeath – (verb) to hand down, to give or leave to in a will
4. censure – (noun) harsh criticism or disapproval
5. clamours – (noun) loud and persistent outcry from many people
6. commonwealth – (noun) political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who
elect people to represent them
7. compel - (verb) make someone do something
8. conceit – (noun) vanity or self-love, too high opinion of one’s own value
9. extenuate – (verb) to reduce, lessen
10. grieve – (verb) to express deep sadness because of a loss
11. hearse – (noun) vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or cemetery
12. heir – (noun) a person entitled by law or by a will to inherit the estate of another
13. interred – (verb) placed in a grave
14. legacy – (noun) gift made by a will
15. malice – (noun) the quality of threatening evil
16. mutiny – (noun) open rebellion against authority (especially by seamen or soldiers)
17. oration – (noun) an address or formal speech given on a special occasion
18. petitions – (noun) formal requests
19. prostrate – (adj) stretched out and laying at full length along the ground (a vulnerable pose)
20. reek – (verb) to smell badly and offensively
Write each of the words in a sentence on the lines provided. Use your context clues worksheet to guide
you into making quality sentences. (Sentences such as “He is a rogue.” or “Knave is number thirteen on
the list.” will not receive credit.)
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