Flashcards: Julius Caesar Vocabulary
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mthompson11 on February 16, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 mettle | disposition or temperment |
| infirmity | illness or physical defect |
| tempest | a violent wind; a storm |
| surly | in a proud, commanding way |
| prodigious | impressively forceful |
| augmented | made greater |
| entreated | begged; pleaded with |
| conspiracy | a group plotting a harmful act, or the plot itself |
| exploit | an act or deed, especially a heroic achievement |
| imminent | about to happen |
| confounded | confused |
| mutiny | open rebellion against authority |
| malice | desire to harm or see harm done to others |
| oration | a formal speech |
| discourse | to speak formally and at length |
| legacies | money, property, or position left in a will |
| slanderous | damaging to a person's reputation |
| covert | hidden or secret |
| chastisement | punishment or severe criticisn |
| philosophy | a system of principles or beliefs |
| presage | warn of a future event |
| consorted | joined or accompanied |
| demeanor | behavior |
| disconsolate | so unhappy that nothing will comfort |
| misconstrued | misunderstood or misinterpreted |
| blank verse | poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| iambic pentameter | A line of poetry that contains five iambic feet. |
| aside | a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage |
| soliloquy | a long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage |
| monologue | a speech by a character in a play, story, or poem |
| tragic flaw | a quality that leads to a character's downfall in a tragedy |
| tragedy | a drama that ends in catastrophe for the main character |
| dramatic irony | a contradiction between what a character thinks and what the audience know to be true |