Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
Act 2 Vocabulary
Name: ____________________
Hour: ___ Date: ___________
1. affability - (noun) a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)
2. augmented - (verb) added to or made greater in amount or number or strength
3. awe - (noun) an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
4. bosom - (noun) a person's breast or chest, the place of affections
5. chide - (verb) to scold
6. contrive - (noun) to plan with cleverness or ingenuity; devise
7. crave - (verb) to have a desire for
8. dank - (adj) unpleasantly cool and humid
9. disjoins - (verb) separates
10. emulation - (noun) effort to equal or surpass another
11. entreat - (verb) ask for or request earnestly
12. exorcist - (noun) on who expels evil spirits
13. feeble - (adj) lacking strength
14. fray - (noun) a noisy fight
15. idle - (adj) not in active use
16. mischievous - (adj) naughtily or annoyingly playful
17. rheumy - (adj) moist, damp wet (especially of air)
18. shrewd - (adj) marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
19. spurn - (verb) reject with contempt
20. void - (noun) an empty area or space
Write each of the words in a sentence on the lines provided. Use your context clues worksheet to guide you into
making quality sentences. (Sentences such as “He is a rogue.” or “Knave is number thirteen on the list.” will not
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