| taper | stick of wax with a wick in the middle |
| spurn | reject with contempt |
| adder | small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia |
| craves | To have an intense desire for |
| disjoins | separates |
| base | of low birth or station (‘base’ is archaic in this sense) |
| augmented | added to or made greater in amount or number or strength |
| mischievous | naughtily or annoyingly playful |
| Tarquin | according to legend, the seventh and last Etruscan king of Rome who was expelled for his cruelty (reigned from 534 to 510 BC) |
| awe | an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration |
| insurrection | organized opposition to authority |
| affability | a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) |
| Erebus | (Greek mythology) Greek god of darkness who dwelt in the underworld |
| entreat | ask for or request earnestly |
| idle | not in active use |
| lottery | something that is regarded as a chance event |
| palter | be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information |
| cautelous | treacherous; cunning; wily; cautious |
| carrion | the dead and rotting body of an animal |
| whit | a tiny or scarcely detectable amount |
| shrewd | marked by practical hardheaded intelligence |
| contriver | to plan with cleverness or ingenuity; devise |
| chide | to scold |
| ingrafted | planted firmly; established |
| augurer | a person who makes predictions based on signs/omens |
| wafture | the act of signaling by a movement of the hand |
| dank | unpleasantly cool and humid |
| rheumy | moist, damp, wet (especially of air) |
| bosom | a person’s breast or chest, the place of affections |
| vouchsafe | grant in a condescending manner |
| exorcist | one who expels evil spirits |
| sufficeth | sufficient |
| portents | things that foreshadow a coming event : omens, or signs |
| imminent | Just about to happen |
| ague | fever |
| emulation | effort to equal or surpass another |
| fray | a noisy fight |
| suit | a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy |
| feeble | lacking strength |
| void | an empty area or space |
Julius Caesar – Act 2 Vocabulary
April 14, 2020