| Apparition | ghostly figure |
| Counter | go against |
| Delves | to search deeply |
| Fawn | to seek favour |
| Fares | how things are going |
| Feigning | pretending |
| Garland | wreath |
| Hence | away from here |
| Honed | sharpened |
| Ides | middle of a month |
| Kites | flesh-eating birds |
| Lordly place | high position in society |
| Mortal man | ordinary man |
| Nought | nothing |
| Omens | signs, warnings |
| Patrician | someone from a noble family |
| Reconciled | sorted out differences |
| Senate | place of government |
| Spectre | ghost |
| Spews | spits out |
| Throng | crowd |
| Tyrant | ruthless person |
| Whence | from |