Julius Caesar Vocabulary

knave

(n.) a tricky, unprincipled, or deceitful fellow

offal

garbage; waste parts

rout

an overwhelming defeat

buffet

to strike with force

sufferance

patient endurance especially of pain or distress

alchemy

medieval chemistry

cull

to pick out or select; to gather or collect

gait

a person's manner of walking

throng

A large number of people gathered together; a crowd

awl

a pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes

countenance

a person's face or facial expression

yoke

to join together

entreat

to beg, implore, ask earnestly

chide

(v.) to blame; scold

fain

pleased or willing under the circumstances

loath

unwilling, reluctant, disinclined

factious

dissenting with the majority opinion

prodigious

remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree

wench

young woman

retentive

having the capacity to hold something