Gladiator Vocabulary Quiz

fluent, apt, and persuasive, as a speaker or a speech.

• epic

• eloquent

• legendary

• oratory

to remove from one's home, country, or loved ones.

• exile

• epic

• derogatory

• eloquent

of a person or thing, extraordinary to the degree that stories of this person or thing, truthful or fictitious, come to be told and passed on through time; of, based on, or like a legend.

• epic

• gladiator

• legendary

• eloquent

having the purpose or effect of detracting; disparaging.

• vanquish

• derogatory

• eloquent

• exile

to subdue or defeat by or as if by greater force; conquer; overcome.

• vanquish

• derogatory

• rival

• epic

Referring or pertaining to a long poem that celebrates a hero or heroes and recounts their deeds in a grand style is called an (a)   .

• exile
• epic
• vanquish
• gladiator

Match the following terms with their descriptions.

• a man in ancient Rome who fought, often to the death and usually under compulsion, for the amusement of an audience.

• rival

• a person or thing competing with another for the same objective or for superiority in the same field of activity.

• gladiator

• a large theater or stadium used for public events in ancient Rome.

• exile

• a person who is banished from their native country, typically for political or punitive reasons.

• coliseum

(a)   is eloquent or powerful speech in a public setting.

• coliseum
• epic
• gladiator
• oratory

of a novel, play, film, or the like, having a heroic subject or a grand tone.

• oratory

• vanquish

• legendary

• epic

A large building or amphitheater used for entertainment events, sports, or the like.

• derogatory

• vanquish

• coliseum

• oratory