Julius Caesar Act III Vocab – Scene 2

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Answered

-paid the penalty for

Are rid

-have ridden

Bear me a bang

-get a punch from me

Be like

-probably

Better parts

-better qualities

Bondman

-slave

Brands

-torches

Censure

-judge

Common pleasures

-public recreation areas

Dear abide it

-pay dearly for it

Dint

-stroke

Drachmas (DRAK muhs)

-silver coins (Greek currency)

Enforced

-exaggerated

Envious

-spiteful

Extenuated

-lessened

Firebrands

-torches used to start a bonfire; fiery people who make trouble. Shakespeare is punning here.

Forms, windows

-long, wooden benches and shutters

General coffers

-public funds

Grace his speech

-listen respectfully to Antony’s funeral oration

Griefs

-grievances

Issue

-children; heirs

Lovers

-those who love Rome

Napkins

-handkerchiefs

Nervii

-one of the tribes conquered by Caesar, in 57 B.C.

O’er shot myself

-gone farther than I intended

Plebeians

-common people

Public chair

-the Rostrum (pulpit)

Rude

-rough and uncivilized

Senses

-reasoning powers

Several

-separate; individual

So poor to

-so low in rank as to

Statue

-pronounced in 3 syllables for meter’s sake

Turn him going

-send him packing

Vesture

-clothing