Julius Caesar Cumulative Vocabulary Review (1 and 2)
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- Mettle
- (n) courage or spirit
- Lament
- (v/n) to express sorrow / an expression of sorrow
- Ominous
- (adj) threatening
- Replicate
- (v) to repeat or copy
- Abridge
- (v) to shorten
- Vulgar
- (adj) offensive to good taste
- Augury
- (n) omen
- Vex
- (v) to cause discomfort
- Bequeath
- (v) to hand down
- Gravity
- (n) seriousness
- Servile
- (adj) overly submissive
- Muse
- (v) to ponder / (n) inspiration for art
- Clamor
- (n) a loud noise
- Indignation
- (n) anger resulting from injustice
- Augment
- (v) to make greater
- Rout
- (v) to gouge out
- Bestow
- (v) to grant; to give
- Knotty
- (adj) full of knots / overly complicated
- Confound
- (v) to confuse
- Portentous
- (adj) forewarning
- Homage
- (n) a respect shown by external action
- Prodigy
- (n) one with exceptional talent
- Repute
- (v/n) to consider as specified / estimation in the view of others
- Vanquish
- (v) to conquer
- Flourish
- (v) to thrive; to grow well
- Unassailable
- (adj) indisputable
- Ascend
- (v) to move upward
- Alchemy
- (n) medieval chemistry / changing metals into gold
- Kindle
- (v) to start a fire; to stir up
- Soothsayer
- (n) fortune teller
- Baseness
- (n) The quality of lacking higher values.
- Mirth
- (n) glee
- Covert
- (adj) secret; hidden
- Affable
- (adj) friendly
- Exalt
- (v) to glorify
- Prodigious
- (adj) extraordinary in quantity or degree
- Spurn
- (v) to reject with hostility
- Revere
- (v) to honor and respect
- Rhetoric
- (n) persuasion through words
- Engender
- (v) to cause, produce, or create