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Macbeth Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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Mar

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Damaged, scar

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Upbraid

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To find fault with

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Epicure

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Expert

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Censure

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Strong, disapproval

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Industrious

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Hard working

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Speculative

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Something you would consider

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Tarry

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To stay

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Clamorous

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Noisy loud

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Brandish

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Get it out show it off

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Malice

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ill will/ desire to do evil

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Posterity

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All future generations of people

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Jocund

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Cheerful

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Rancor

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Bitterness or resentment

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Sundry

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Varied or assorted

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Bestow

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To present or grant

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Sacrilegious

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Blasphemous, disrespectful regarding religion

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Renown

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Fame or popularity

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Pretense

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A charade/act of putting on a front

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Shakespeare’s Take on history

Banquo

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Character in play virtuous, ancestor of king James in reality, not know for virtue in reality

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Shakespeare’s Take on history

Lady Macbeth

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Made up

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Curse of macbeth

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Speak are real at the beginning, struggling theaters would put it on to try and bring in money, just in case play, superstition-do not sat macbeth during a production run

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Paradox

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A seemingly absurd or self contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true

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Heath

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Moor/deserted wasteland

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Prophetic

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Visionary or predictive

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Plight

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Dilemma, predicament

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Venture

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A risky undertaking

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Valiant

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Brave

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Surmise

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To guess or induce

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Sooth

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Truth , reality

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Commendation

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Recommendation

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Dismal

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Gloomy depressing

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Rapt

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Absorbed or captivated

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Fantastical

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Imaginative or bizarre

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