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J. Caesar Vocab
JC Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aside | when a character speaks directly with the audience |
| soliloquy | a long emotional speech while the character alone |
| monologue | long speech from one character to another or to a group |
| constant | calm |
| couchings | very low bows |
| pray to move | beg others to change their minds |
| bootless | in vain |
| Et tu, Brute? | And you also, Brutus? |
| abide | take the consequences of |
| stand upon | wait for |
| credit | reputation |
| seven leagues | about 21 miles |
| censure | judge |
| bondman | slave |
| grace his speech | listen respectfully to Antony's funeral oration |
| public chair | pulpit or rostrum |
| general coffers | public funds |
| overshot myself | gone farther than I intended |
| drachmas | siver coins (Greek currency) |
| common pleasures | public recreation areas |
| proscription | death sentence |
| levying powers | gathering armies |
| hot at hand | very energetic at the start of the race |
| noted | publicly disgraced |
| spleen | fiery temper |
| vaunting | boasting |
| conned by rote | learned by heart |
| Pluto's mine | the riches under the world |
| bills of outlawry | lists of proscribed people |
| mace | heavy club carried by public officials |
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