macbeth vocab & grammar Flashcards
additional items of dress or equipment carried or worn by a person or used for a particular activity, noun
accouterments
to wrong or hurt someone, verb
aggrieve
to be false/fake, adjective
apocryphal
to waste away, disintegrating/ the process of wasting away, verb
atrophy
irritable, bad tempered, adjective
choleric
to agree/correspond/conform, verb
comport
to bring something together or assemble, verb
convene
to disturb or agitate, verb
disconcert
effectiveness, capability, productiveness, noun
efficacy
judicious, worthwhile, appropriate, adjective
expedient
an idolized figure, noun
icon
composed, assured, noun
imperturbable
[currently] developing (the beginning of something), adjective
incipient
a small step of something towards the final product, noun
increment
to interrupt or intervene, verb
interpose
lifeless or dull, adjective
lacklust
silliness,absurdity, giddiness, noun
levity
authoritarian, noun
martinet
a small amount, noun
modicum
to horrify and terrify, verb
mortify
the outside of something, noun,
periphery
unemotional/apathetic, adjective
phlegmatic
extremely large, smart, or wondrous, adjective
prodigious
bias, predilection, noun
propensity
to say or do again (or to emphasize), verb
reiterate
aloof, apathetic, detached (potentially philosophic), adjective
stoic
practical, efficient, adjective
utilitarian
to go back and forth, verb
vacillate
alive or colorful, adjective
vibrant
enthusiastic, adjective
zealous
definition of parallel structure
using the same form of repeating ideas so each idea is levied of the same importance (can happen at word, clause or phrase)
things to look for when applying & identifying parallel structure
1) using the same structure on both sides of a coordinating conjunction
2) keep the members of a series (listed things) in the same construction
3) keep the members of a list in the same construction
gerunds phrase
a phrase that consists of a preposition and object of preposition ex. the dog went up the tree, around the bush, an into the house
