The rhetoric of ancient Rome is populated with particular terms of governance and personal honour that characterise the high-stakes world of the Senate. Interacting with “The Tragedy Vocabulary Quiz will help you to learn archaic words such as puissant and cur that are used throughout the text.
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Julius Caesar Vocabulary Quiz Questions
- What does the word “augurer” mean in the play?
- What does “choleric” describe when used by Cassius?
- What is the meaning of “taper” in Brutus’s soliloquy?
- What does “redress” mean when Cassius speaks of it?
- What does “cobbler” mean in Act 1?
- What does “ambition” signify in Caesar’s context?
- What does “augury” refer to?
- What does “yoke” symbolize when Brutus speaks of it?
- What does “entreat” mean when used by Portia?
- What does “valor” mean in describing Brutus?
- What does “base” mean when Cassius describes common men?
- What does “lofty” mean in Caesar’s description?
- What does “augur” practice?
- What does “knave” mean in the play’s context?
- What does “portentous” mean when describing omens?
- What does “slack” mean in military dialogue?
- What does “servile” mean when Cassius uses it?
- What does “chastisement” mean in Act 4?
- What does “fawn” mean when Cassius mocks Antony’s behavior?
- What does “tarry” mean when Brutus speaks before his death?
- What does “suit” mean when used in the Senate scene?
- What does “affable” mean when Brutus describes Antony?
- What does “carrion” mean in Antony’s speech?
- What does “covetous” mean in the quarrel scene?
- What does “slighted” mean when Antony feels wronged?
- What does “waspish” mean when Cassius is angry?
- What does “peevish” mean in Brutus’s argument?
- What does “wrangle” mean in Act 4?
- What does “piteous” mean when describing Caesar’s wounds?
- What does “enmity” mean in Antony’s dialogue?