Macbeth Vocab Flashcards

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beguile

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to ensnare, trick, trap

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harbinger

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a warning

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procreate

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to conceive a child

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courier

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a messenger, a letter carrier

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minion

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a pawn, a servant

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mongrel

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a dog of no breed

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cauldron

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a large metal pot

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maw

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mouth

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diminutive

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making something smaller/less important than it should be

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prattle

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insignificant talk

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folly

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foolishness

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avarice

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greed

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maggot

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worms that eat dead flesh

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susmise

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to think, to suppose

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equivocate

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to make two things that aren’t the same equal

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coign

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a projecting corner or angle of a wall or building

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parricide

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killing a parent

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levy

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to impose a tax

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sundry

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of various kinds

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whetstone

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a sharpening stone for knives

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lineal

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in a direct line of descent