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WHHS Macbeth
Vocabulary from Macbeth #1
Question | Answer |
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harbinger | a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of something |
surmise | a supposition or guess. |
procreant | producing offspring |
malice | the desire to do harm to someone; ill will |
scruples | a feeling that prevents you from doing something that you think is morally wrong or makes you uncertain about doing it |
cloistered | sheltered from the outside world |
cauldron | a large kettle or boiler |
purveyor | a business which provides goods or services |
chamberlains | A high-ranking officials in various royal courts |
pernicious | highly injurious or destructive |
diminutive | extremely or unusually small |
husbandry | the care, cultivation, and breeding of crops and animals |
antidote | a medicine taken to counteract a poison.; something that counteracts an unpleasant feeling or situation |
blaspheme | speak irreverently about God or sacred things |
treachery | violation of faith; betrayal of trust; treason |
apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight ; a ghostly figure |
gruel | a thin liquid food of oatmeal or other meal boiled in milk or water |
bounteous | giving or disposed to give freely |
countenance | the face as an indication of mood, emotion, or character |
remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs |