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macbeth
vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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harbinger | (n) messenger, forerunner |
direst | (adj) dreadful, causing great fear or suffering |
compunctious | (adj) remorseful |
beguile | (v) deceive, mislead (through charm) |
palpable | (adj) capable of being felt, touched; tangible |
equivocation | (n) deception |
equivocator | (n) one who intentionally speaks ambiguously, either by using words that can be interpreted more than one way or by limiting his/her words |
requited | (v) repaid |
breach | (n) gap |
multitudinous | (adj) vast |
suborned | (v) to be secretly bribed |
verities | (n) truths; true statements |
indissoluble | (adj) that which can't be destroyed |
parricide | (n) murder of one's parents |
jocund | (adj) cheerful, merry, carefree |
cloistered | (adj) secluded |
diminutive | (adj) small; little in size |
pernicious | (adj) destructive, malicious, harmful |
perturbation | (n) that which causes anxiety or disquiet; disturbance |
intrenchant | (adj) invulnerable; unable to be cut |
vizards | (n) masks |
malevolence | (n) disposition to do or wish harm or evil on others |
cleave | (v) adhere |
prate | (v) babble; foolishly talk |
imperial | (adj) regal, majestic |
incarnadine | (adj) red; flesh color red |
undaunted | (adj) courageously resolute, especially in the face of danger |
ague | (n) pestilence, disease |
dolor | (n) mental suffering; anguish; sorrow |
surfeited | (adj) satiated in food, drink |
frieze | (n) sculptured or richly ornate band on a building |
treatice | (n) an account or tale; systemic exposition of facts and arguments |
detraction | (n) belittling; disparagement; petty criticism |
foisons | (n) physical strength or energy; rich harvest |