Julius Caesar Vocab 2 Bedeaux
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 patriotism | Love for one's country |
| consequences | Results or effects |
| plebeian | of the common people of ancient Rome |
| vacillated | wavered; hesitated |
| sporadically | Occasionally, Irregularly |
| faction | a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue |
| ingratitude | a lack of thankfulness |
| countenance | the appearance conveyed by a person's face |
| cogitation | serious thought |
| intellectual (n) | a person who uses the mind creatively |
| portentous | foreshadowing an event to come; causing wonder or awe; self-consciously weighty, pompous |
| instigation | urging, provocation; initiation |
| insurrection | rebellion |
| honorable | deserving of esteem and respect |
| appease | to soothe; to pacify by giving in to |
| noble | showing greatness of character by unselfish behavior |
| impassioned | Filled with passionate emotion |
| emissary | messenger |
| flattery | insincere praise |
| anachronism | something out of place in time |
| eulogy | a formal speech praising a person who has died |
| ominous | unfavorable, threatening, of bad omen |
| oration | a public speech for a formal occasion |
| stoicism | philosophy founded by Zeno in Hellenistic Athens; taught that happiness came not from following emotions, but from following reason and doing one's duty |
| exile | banish |
| virtue | any admirable quality or attribute |
| graft | the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage |
| foe | enemy |
| patrician | a member of the aristocracy |
| perceived | became aware or conscious of something |
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