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Full Glossary for Julius Caesar

jades worn-out or worthless horses.

jealous on resentfully suspicious of a rival or a rival's influence.

just correct or true.

keep his state maintain a court.

knave a serving boy or male servant.

lamb a loved person; here, meaning Brutus himself, whose anger is now spent.

latest last.

law of children rules of a child's game that may be changed and have little consequence.

lead on our days to age live a long life.

leaden mace a heavy medieval war club, often with a spiked, metal head; here, the music puts Lucius to sleep.

let slip unleash.

Lethe the river of forgetfulness, flowing through Hades, whose water produces loss of memory in those who drink of it; here, Caesar's lifeblood.

letters here, written pleas.

light here, alight.

live if I live.

look whe'er he have not crown'd dead Cassius! see how he has placed the garland on Cassius.

lovers friends.

lowliness false humility.


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