Julius Caesar Final Test
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23 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 provender | food, animal fodder |
| choleric | easily angered |
| apparition | a ghost, a phantom |
| taper | a candle, especially a very slender one |
| insupportable | incapable of being borne, unbearable |
| chastisement | punishment, sharp scolding |
| covert | hidden or disguised |
| waspish | bad-tempered, snappish |
| testy | irritable, touchy |
| vex | to distress or trouble |
| cur | a contemptible person |
| perceive | to understand, to become aware of |
| suffice | to be enough or adequate |
| peevish | irritable, fretful, cross |
| engender | to bring in to being, produce |
| garland | a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc |
| demeanor | outward behavior, conduct, deportment |
| tarry | to delay, linger |
| presage | an omen, a foreboding |
| apt | appropriate or fitting |
| catastrophe | the turning downward of a plot in a classical tragedy |
| catharsis | the purification or cleansing of the emotions- the result of watching tragedy and vicariously experiencing events that cause these emotions |
| dramatic irony | irony in a dialogue or situation that is understood by the audience or reader, but the characters in the literature do not have knowledge that the readers understand |
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