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macbeth vocab & grammar Flashcards

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additional items of dress or equipment carried or worn by a person or used for a particular activity, noun

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accouterments

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to wrong or hurt someone, verb

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aggrieve

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to be false/fake, adjective

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apocryphal

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to waste away, disintegrating/ the process of wasting away, verb

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atrophy

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irritable, bad tempered, adjective

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choleric

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to agree/correspond/conform, verb

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comport

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to bring something together or assemble, verb

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convene

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to disturb or agitate, verb

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disconcert

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effectiveness, capability, productiveness, noun

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efficacy

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judicious, worthwhile, appropriate, adjective

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expedient

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an idolized figure, noun

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icon

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composed, assured, noun

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imperturbable

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[currently] developing (the beginning of something), adjective

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incipient

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a small step of something towards the final product, noun

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increment

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to interrupt or intervene, verb

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interpose

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lifeless or dull, adjective

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lacklust

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silliness,absurdity, giddiness, noun

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levity

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authoritarian, noun

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martinet

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a small amount, noun

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modicum

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to horrify and terrify, verb

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mortify

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the outside of something, noun,

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periphery

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unemotional/apathetic, adjective

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phlegmatic

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extremely large, smart, or wondrous, adjective

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prodigious

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bias, predilection, noun

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propensity

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to say or do again (or to emphasize), verb

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reiterate

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aloof, apathetic, detached (potentially philosophic), adjective

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stoic

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practical, efficient, adjective

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utilitarian

28
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to go back and forth, verb

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vacillate

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alive or colorful, adjective

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vibrant

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enthusiastic, adjective

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zealous

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definition of parallel structure

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using the same form of repeating ideas so each idea is levied of the same importance (can happen at word, clause or phrase)

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things to look for when applying & identifying parallel structure

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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

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gerunds phrase

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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

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