Macbeth Vocab Test Flashcards
1
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brightened; polished
A
furbished
2
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having more power to predict or foreshadow
A
prophetic
3
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conjecture; uncertain knowledge
A
surmise
4
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condemn sharply; scold
A
chastise
5
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supernatural
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metaphysical
6
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supreme in power, rank, or authority
A
sovereign
7
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to make greater; enlarge
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augment
8
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capable of being touched or felt
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palpable
9
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sly
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stealthy
10
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existing in great numbers
A
multitudinous
11
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tell falsehoods
A
equivocate
12
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declared sacred
A
anointed
13
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superiority
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predominance
14
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suffering; a cause of suffering
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affliction
15
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familiarize; inform
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acquaint
16
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something done to make up for injury or loss
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amends
17
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cheerful; having good humor
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jovial
18
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mix together
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mingle
19
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the future; those who are to come after
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posterity
20
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having hair matted with blood
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blood-bolstered
21
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entrails
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chaudron
22
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throat
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gulf
23
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foamy
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yeasty
24
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swamp-dwelling
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fenny
25
be infected
taint
26
perfect
pristine
27
scour
stirr
28
blot
raze
29
unhealthy state
sickly weal
30
a short speech delivered by a character in a play in order to express his or her thoughts and feelings
aside
31
poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter lines
blank verse
32
two consecutive, rhymed lines of poetry that follow the same rhythmic pattern
couplet
33
a character whose attitudes, beliefs, or behavior differ significantly from those of another character
foil
34
poetry that has no regular meter or rhyme scheme
free verse
35
a metrical verse line have 5 main stresses, traditionally described as a line of five feet
iambic pentameter
36
a stanza with eight iambic pentameter lines that rhymes abababcc
ottava rima
37
play on multiple meanings of a word or two words that sound alike but have different meanings
pun
38
a long speech in which a character who is usually alone onstage expresses his or her private thoughts or feelings
soliloquy
39
the defect of character that brings about the protagonist's downfall in a tragedy
tragic flaw
