Julius Caesar Act 4-5 Vocabulary

Vocabulary for the Quiz

Barren

Empty and dreary; without life; desolate

Covert

Secret; hidden

Deceitful

Untruthful and cunning; false

Rash

Marked by haste and lack of caution or consideration

Triumvirate

A political institution ruled or dominated by three individuals

Peevish

Irritable; bad-tempered

Proscription

a decree of condemnation to death or banishment

Choler

Anger or irritability

Peril

Exposure to harm or danger

Yoked

To attach a draft animal to a plough/wagon; to become joined or linked

Henceforth

From this point on

Apparition

An unusual or unexpected sight; a ghostly sight

Disconsolate

Cheerless; dejected; downcast

Attain

To reach as an end; to achieve or gain

Misconstrue

to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly; misunderstand

Hie

To go somewhere in a hurry

Legacies

An amount of money or property left to someone in a will

Chastisement

Severe punishment or discipline

Covetous

Marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions

Exigent

Pressing; demanding; critical

Ensign

A sign, flag, or emblem of a particular thing, group, nation

Engendered

To cause to exist or to develop

Envenomed

To make poisonous; antagonize