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Macbeth Vocab Act 1 & 2 Flashcards

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Actions or conduct of a villain; outrageous wickendness

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Villainy

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A tract of open and uncultivated land; wasteland overgrown with shrubs

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Heath

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To shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish;

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Brandish

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Boldly courageous; brave; stout- hearted

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Valiant

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Dreadful; awful; terrible

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Direful

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Boldness or determination in facing great danger, especially in battle; heroic courage; bravery

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Valor

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A position, condition, or place affording some advantages or a commanding view

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Vantage

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To restore to freshness of appearance or a good condition (often followed by up)

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Furbish

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A boat or sailing vessel

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Bark

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of or pertaining to a prophet (predicts the future)

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Prophetic

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Shaped or molded by being beaten by a hammer

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Wrought

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deep sorrow, compunction, or contrition for a past sin, wrongdoing, or the like.

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Repentance

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To repay; remunerate; as for service, aid, etc.

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Recompense

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Plentiful; copious: abundant

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Plenteous

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a member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service.

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Thane

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a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; herald (can foreshadow what’s coming)

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Harbinger

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the act of commending; recommendation; praise

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Commendation

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to discipline, especially by corporal punishment

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Chastise

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To retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.

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Impede

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An area of the building that’s meant for protection

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Battlement

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the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance

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Access

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Obsolete, to protect beyond (sticks out)

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Jutty

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A decorative band found at the top of the wall. It sticks out

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Frieze

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A support from outside the building that helps hold it up

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Buttress

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bearing, conduct, or speech indicative of self-respect or appreciation of the formality or gravity of an occasion or situation

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Dignity

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elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action; or God’s good will

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Grace

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a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint (can be both physical or mental)

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Trammel

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a place where a sea, river, or other body of water is shallow; or a school of fish

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Shoal

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A superficial attractive appearance; gloss

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Gloss

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a traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation; proverb

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Adage

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an official charged with the management of the living quarters of a sovereign or member of the nobility

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Chamberlain

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Courage and fortitude

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Mettle

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A generous bestowal of gifts

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Largess

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to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase

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Augment

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to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).

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Quench

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excess; an excessive amount

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Surfeit

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to fill or overcome with horror, consternation, or fear; dismay

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Appall

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Consisting of or containing many individuals or elements

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Multitudinous

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Pertaining to or involving sacrilege

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Sacrilegious

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to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to

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Anoint

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made in imitation so as to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; not genuine; forged

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Counterfeit

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

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Scruple

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to disclose or reveal (something private, secret, or previously unknown)

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Undivulged

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Having the character of a traitor

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Treasonous

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To be stronger force or leading force

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Predominance

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a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power (follows leader blindly)

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Minion

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the quality or state of being sovereign.(absolute power or authority bc you’re the ruler of land)

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Sovereignty

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A person who precedes another in an office, position, etc

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Predecessor

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