Macbeth words Flashcards

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Shook or waved menacingly (of a knife).

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Brandished

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2
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Having or showing valor: brave or heroic

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Valiant

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3
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Ominous; showing or causing gloom or depression

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Dismal

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4
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Condescend

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Deign

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5
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Carried away with emotion; absorbed, engrossed

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Rapt

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6
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Something of value given by a buyer to a seller to bind a bargain; an intensely serious state of mind; seriously intent and sober; grave, important

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Earnest

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7
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Stirred up, affected; fashioned, formed, ornamented

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Wrought

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8
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Compensation; to give compensation to, to pay for

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Recompense

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9
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Unrestrained; having no regard for justice or for other persons’ feelings, rights, or safety

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Wanton

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10
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One who is sent before to procure lodging for an army or royal train; precursor

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Harbinger

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11
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Having no equal; matchless

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Peerless

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12
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To deceive those around us; to while away; to engage the interest of by guile

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Beguile

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13
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Enlarge, increase

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Augment

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14
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Capable of being touched or felt: tangible

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Palpable

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15
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Put them out: extinguished; subdue; slake or satisfy

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Quenched

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16
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fed, supplied, or indulged to the point of excess

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Surfeited

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17
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To make retaliation for: avenge; to make return for: repay

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Requited

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18
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Speaking or uttering by divine inspiration

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Prophesying

19
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Relation to gross irreverence toward a hallowed person, place, or thing

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Sacrilegious

20
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Several, diverse, various

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Sundry

21
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Marked by good humor

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Jovial

22
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High rank or position

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Eminence

23
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Gladness or gaiety accompanied with laughter

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Mirth

24
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Marked by mirth or cheerfulness

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Jocund

25
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A personal failing; feebleness; disease, ailment

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Infirmity

26
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Predictions, auguries; omens, promises

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Augurs

27
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A state that has, shows, or arises from ill will, spite, or hatred.

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Malevolence

28
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Able to be praised or extolled

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Laudable

29
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Very destructive or injurious

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Pernicious

30
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Extremely small: tiny

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Diminutive

31
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A foolish act or idea; lack of good sense; an excessively costly or unprofitable undertaking

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Folly

32
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Cheerless, gloomy; deserted, abandoned; forsaken, lonely

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Desolate

33
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Set right, remedy; compensate; avenge; remove the cause of a grievance

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Redress

34
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Lack of moderation especially habitual or excessive drinking of intoxicants

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Intemperance

35
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Excessive desire for wealth: greed

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Avarice

36
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Renounce solemnly: recant

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Abjure

37
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A disease or disorder of body or mind

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Malady

38
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Sacredness, making holy or consecration

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Sanctity

39
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The invocation of a blessing especially at the close of a public worship service

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Benediction

40
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The state of being greatly disturbed in the mind.

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Perturbation

41
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A strong laxative; cathartic

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Purgative

42
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Military valor or skill

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Prowess

43
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Someone who seizes and holds by force or without right.

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Usurper