Macbeth Flashcards

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Suborned

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To bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime

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Augment

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To make larger in size,strength and number

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Countenance

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Expression of face

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Consort

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A husband/wife/spouse especially of a reigning monarch

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Dauntless

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Not to be intimidated

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Appall

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To overcome with horror/fear

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Plight

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A condition,state,or situation,especially an unfavorable or unfortunate one- perdiciment

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Scruples

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A moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraint force or inhibits certain actions

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Minion

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A server who follow someone in power

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Avarice

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Greed

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Cleave

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To adhere closely; stick; cling; to remain faithful

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Rebuke

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To express sharp disapproval

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Surmise

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To think of infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess

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Palpable

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Readily or plainly seen/heard, touchable

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Couriers

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A messenger usually traveling in haste

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Corporal

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Of the human body; bodily; physical

17
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Equivocate

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To use ambiguous or unclear expression, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate

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Beguile

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To influence by trickery

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Chastise

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To punish severely

20
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Harbinger

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Anything that foreshadows a future event; a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another

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Carousing

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To engage in a drunken revel; to drink frequently and heavily