Julius Caesar Vocab Act II Flashcards

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to spurn

A

to reject or to scorn

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taper

A

a candle

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base

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low in rank or position

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to augment

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to increase; to make greater

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insurrection

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a rebellion

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5
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visage

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the face

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6
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affability

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friendliness; pleasantness

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7
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redress

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compensation; satisfaction

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8
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constancy

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faithfulness; resolution

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imminent

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likely to happen soon

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10
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adder

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a poisonous snake

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to whet

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to sharpen (i.e. a knife or an ax)

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12
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carcass

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a dead body of an animal

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13
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augur

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a priest who foretold, from omens, the future

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14
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contagion

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a plague

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15
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to conjure

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to summon the spirit of a dead person