1. Act Three-Julius Caesar Vocabulary

2. Abide: To follow or tolerate
“If it be found so, some will dear abide it.”

3. Appeased: Satisfied, pleased
“Only be patient till we have appeased
The multitude, beside themselves with fear,
And then we will deliver you the cause,
Why I, that did love Caesar when I struck him,
Have thus proceeded.”

4. Apprehensive: Fearful, doubtful
“Tis furnished well with men,
And men are flesh and blood, and apprehensive,
Yet in the number I do know but one
That unassailable holds on his rank,
Unshaked of motion.”

5. Banished: Exiled, thrown out
“Is there no voice more worthy than my own
To sound more sweetly in great Caesar’s ear
For the repealing of my banished brother?”

6. Base: Raw, vulgar “ I mean sweet words,
Low crooked court'sies and base spaniel-fawning.”

7. Coffers: Chests or boxes used for keeping valuables
“He hath brought many captives home to Rome. Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill.”

8. Compel: To drive forward
You will compel me then to read the will”

9. Consent: To give permission, allow
“You know not what you do.
Do not consent
That Antony speak in his funeral.”

10. Conspirator: One who conspires, plots against

11. Ingratitude: Failure to show or express thanks
“For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitors' arms, quite vanquished him.

12. Legacy: Money or property used in a will, reputation
“Yea, beg a hair of him for memory,
And, dying, mention it within their wills,
Bequeathing it as a rich legacy
Unto their issue.”

13. Malice: Spitefulness, showing evil
“Our arms in strength of malice and our hearts
Of brothers' temper do receive you in
With all kind love, good thoughts, and reverence.”

14. Repeal: To recall from exile
“Is there no voice more worthy than my own
To sound more sweetly in great Caesar’s ear
For the repealing of my banished brother?”

15. Unassailable: Unable to be denied or attacked
“Yet in the number I do know but one
That unassailable holds on his rank,
Unshaked of motion. ”

16. Prostrate: Lying face down, especially in humility
“Thus did Mark Antony bid me fall down,
And, being prostrate, thus he bade me say:
Brutus is noble, wise, valiant, and honest.”

17. Discourse: To carry on a conversation about something
“According to the which, thou shalt discourse
To young Octavius of the state of things.
Lend me your hand.”

18. Rent: A hole or opening made by tearing
“Look, in this place ran Cassius' dagger through. See what a rent the envious Casca made.”

19. Mantle: A sleeveless cloak or cape
“If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle.