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Caesar Vocab Scene 5
Term | Definition |
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afoot | in progress |
ancestors | one that comes before - grandparents, great-grand parents etc. |
entreat | To ask earnestly; to beg |
arbours | a framework that supports climbing plants |
ascended | climbed, went up |
assembly | a group of people gathered for making a decision, creating law, worship, or entertainment |
base | dishonorable or indecent |
beholding | in debt to |
benefit | advantage; help; good gift |
blunt | direct, abrupt |
captives | prisoners (of war) |
coffers | Public treasury |
compel | force, make someone do something |
course | path |
disprove | refute, prove wrong |
drachmas | silver coins(Greek currency) |
enflame | to incite or rouse, as to violence |
envious | jealous |
fault | weakness, shortcoming |
firebrands | torches for starting fires |
grievous | causing grief or sorrow; serious and distressing |
hath | has (old way) |
heirs | The people who will have the legal right to your assets when you die. |
honourable | deserving or respect or esteem |
interred | buried |
judgement | form an opinion or evaluation |
mantle | An outer garment that was also the symbol of the wearer's office. |
mourned | expressed grief or sorrow |
muffling | quieting, covering up neck and face |
mutiny | An open rebellion against authority |
offended | to do wrong; cause to be angry or annoyed |
orator | a person who makes usually formal public speeches |
overshot | to overreach (oneself or itself); go further than is intended or proper; go too far |
parchment | A paperlike writting material made from the skins of sheep or goats |
ransoms | money received in return for releasing a prisoner of war |
rent | tear, rip (as in a fabric) |
reverence | Deep respect |
ruffle | To agitate, to irritate, to rile up |
slew | killed (past tense of "slay") |
sterner | firm, strict, serious, or uncompromising |
testament | "covenant" or agreement - a will - what will be left behind when owner has passed away - who gets what |
traitors | ones who betray a trust |
triumph | victory procession |
tyrant | a cruel and oppressive dictator |
valour | Heroic courage; bravery |
vile | Extremely disgusting |
withholds | to hold back; restrain or check |