Julius Caesar Definitions

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• abridge to shorten, to diminish
• affable friendly, courteous, amiable
• alchemist one who practices medieval chemestry-metals->gold
• ascend to move upward
• augment to make greater or to supplement
• augury an omen or prophecy
• baseness the quality of lacking higher values
• bequeath to hand down, to give or to leav in a will
• bestow to grant or to give
• clamor loud noise or shouting
• conceit excessively high opinion of one's own worth or ability
• confound to cause one to become confused
• contaminant something that causes impurity
• covert secret, concealed
• crave to desire intensely
• derision scoffing at, mockery, ridicule
• enfranchise to give or to bestow something such as the right to vote or citizenship
• engender to cause, to produce, to create
• entreaty a plea, an earnest request
• exalt to glorify, to praise, to raise in rank
• flourish to thrive, to grow well
• gravity seriousness, importance
• greivous characterized by severe suffering or sorrow, serious or grave
• hideous very uggly, offensive, shocking
• homage respect shown by external action
• indignation anger as a result of something unjust
• instigation urging, provocation
• kindle to start a fire, to stir up
• knotty so complicated that it can probably not be solved
• lament to mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner
• legacy a gift by will, something handed down by an ancestor or predecessor
• malice desire to harm others
• melancholy depression of spirits
• mettle courage or spirit
• mirth gladness and merriment usually accompanied by laughter
• muse to ponder
• mutinous rebellious, unruly
• obscure difficult to see, vague
• ominous threatening
• portent a sign or forewarning
• prodigious extraordinary in bulk, quantity, or degree, great in size, enormous
• prodigy one with exeptional talents or powers
• prostration a stretching out due to lacking vitality and being completely overcome
• replicate to repeat, to copy, or to duplicate
• reputable having a good reputation
• revere to honor, to regard with respect
• rhetoric the art of using words effectively in speaking or writing
• rout to gouge out to make a furrow
• servile overly submissive
• soothsayer a person who is able to predict the future
• spurn to reject or to refuse with hostility
• sterile incapable of reproducing
• taper to decrease in thickness or width
• tarry to delay in coming or going
• unassailable not able to be attacked with succes
• vanquished conquerd, overpowerd
• vexation discomfort or distress
• vouchsafe to grant in a condescending manner
• vulgarity something offensive to good taste and refinement

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