Julius Caesar Vocabulary
Difficult Words
Quiz 1
1. replication
2. mettle
3. servile
4. withal
5. soothsayer
6. barren
7. hinder
8. countenance
9. vexed
10. torrent
11. encompassed
12. conjure
13. chide
14. infirmity
15. blunt
16. doublet
17. portentous
18. saucy
19. prodigious
20. augmented
21. redress
22. insurrection
23. visage
24. ingrafted
25. imminent
26. constancy
27. conspirators
28. taper
29. spurn
echo; copy (noun)
substance (noun)
related to serving or servants (adj)
nevertheless (adv)
fortuneteller (noun)
infertile (adj)
to handicap; to stop (verb)
facial expression (noun)
annoyed (adj)
heavy downpour; a deluge (noun)
included; contained (verb)
to summon (a devil or spirit) (verb)
rebuke; correct misbehavior (verb)
illness (noun)
abrupt; frank; outspoken (adj)
close-fitting jacket (noun)
ominous; predicting an omen (adj)
disrespectful; presumptuous (adj)
monstrous (adj)
made greater in size, quantity, extent (verb, adj)
correct a wrong (verb)
revolt against a government (noun)
the face (noun)
firmly rooted (adj)
about to occur; impending (adj)
loyalty; resolve (noun)
people who plot to carry out an evil act (noun)
a small, slender candle (noun)
to reject disdainfully (verb)
Quiz 2
30. base
31. affability
32. valiant
33. firmament
34. malice
35. apprehensive
36. censure
37. inter
38. legacy
39. orator
40. plebeians
41. beseech
42. nimbleness
43. chastisement
44. choleric
45. covetous
46. rash
47. repose
48. apparition
49. overbearing
50. parley
51. cur
52. bestow
53. legions
54. vile
55. tarrying
56. disconsolate
57. misconstrued
58. entrails
low (adj)
amiability; friendliness (noun)
brave (adj)
the heavens; sky (noun)
desire of harm or suffering to others (noun)
hesitant (adj)
express strong disapproval; judge (verb)
to bury (verb)
money, property, bequeathed by will (noun)
speech giver (noun)
common people (noun)
to beg (verb)
lightness and speed in movement (noun)
punishment (noun)
irritable (adj)
greedy (adj)
reckless; incautious (adj)
sleep; rest (noun)
a strange figure that appears suddenly (noun)
bossy; domineering (adj)
a conference or discussion (noun)
a mean or cowardly person (noun)
to present as a gift (verb)
large groups of soldiers (noun)
evil; offensive (adj)
lingering; waiting (verb)
so unhappy that nothing will comfort (adj)
misunderstood; misrepresented (adj)
the inner organs (noun)