| petitions | formal requests |
| enterprise | a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness) |
| puissant | mighty; powerful; forceful |
| banished | kicked out of an area and not allowed to return |
| cur | an inferior dog or one of mixed breed |
| repeal | revoke; annul |
| enfranchisement | a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) |
| firmament | the sky, the heavens |
| apprehensive | in fear or dread of possible evil or harm |
| unassailable | without flaws or loopholes |
| Olympus | a mountain peak in northeast Greece near the Aegean coast |
| affrighted | filled with fear |
| ambition | a strong drive for success |
| mutiny | open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers) |
| doomsday | an unpleasant or disastrous destiny |
| lofty | having or displaying great dignity or nobility |
| prostrate | stretched out and lying at full length along the ground |
| valiant | brave, courageous |
| reek | smell badly and offensively |
| malice | the quality of threatening evil |
| reverence | profound respect |
| conceit | vanity or self-love; too high opinion of one’s own value; extravagant metaphor (in poetry) |
| grieve | To express deep sadness because of a loss |
| Lethe | (Greek mythology) a river in Hades |
| savage | attack brutally and fiercely |
| rites | (n) a cermony; the customary form of a cermony; any formal custom or practice |
| devise | arrange by systematic planning and united effort |
| Ate | goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment |
| havoc | violent and needless disturbance |
| leagues | distances equal to three miles |
| oration | an address or formal speech given on a special occasion |
| borne | carried |
| ascended | to move upward, to rise from a lower station |
| censure | harsh criticism or disapproval |
| bondman | slave |
| vile | thoroughly unpleasant |
| extenuated | reduced; lessened |
| commOnwealth | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them |
| clamours | loud and persistent outcry from many people |
| interred | placed in a grave |
| coffers | Public treasury |
| bequeathing | to hand down, to give or to leave in a will |
| legacy | gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor |
| heir | a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another |
| compel | make someone do something |
| hearse | a vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery |
| mantle | a piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops; anything that covers or conceals something else. Also refers to the responsibilities that come along with the wearing of such a garment. |
| Nervii | A tribe of the Belgic alliance that resisted Julius Caesar in 57 BC. At the battle of Sabis, they concealed themselves in the forests and attacked the approaching Roman column at the river unexpectedly. Caesar however was able to reorganize his troops and defeat them. |
| rent | the act of rending or ripping or splitting something |
| ingratitude | a lack of thankfulness |
| vanquished | defeated |
| vesture | a covering designed to be worn on a person’s body |
| piteous | sad, pitiful |
| blunt | make less lively, intense, or vigorous |
| dumb | lacking the power of human speech |
| Drachmas | silver coins(Greek currency) |
| arbours | a framework that supports climbing plants |
| bachelor | a man who has never been married |
Julius Caesar – Act 3 Vocabulary
April 17, 2020