Macbeth Flashcards

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Apparition

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N
Ghost or ghostlike image
Phantom spirit illusion hallucination
None

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Avarice

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N
Extreme greed for wealth or material gain
Greed indulgence craving
Generosity charity

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Disburse

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V
To pay out money, distribute something
Distribute give dispense spread out
Keep collect save hold take

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Equivocate

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V
Use unclear language to deceive or mislead someone
Con evade elude
Be honest tell the truth confront take on

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Exasperate

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V
Irritate or provoke to a high degree
Irritate infuriate anger annoy provoke
Please comfort calm help soothe

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Abjure

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V
Solemnly renounce belief cause claim
Renounce retract
Affirm proclaim aphid

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Harbinger

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N
Person or thing announcing approach of another
Sign forewarning precursor indication herald omen
None

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Pernicious

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Ash
Have a harmful effect, esp gradual or subtle
Evil wicked harmful malicious destructive detrimental
Beneficial good harmless

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Requite

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V
Make appropriate return for, respond back to something
Reciprocate return (revenge settle retaliate)
Reject deny

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Verity

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Quality/state of being true/real
Truth fact certainty
Falsehood lie falseness

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