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Macbeth Vocab.
Term | Definition |
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Corporal | Physical, bodily |
Harbinger | Person or thing that signals what will follow |
Hinder | Hinder, obstruct, or slow down the process of |
Dire | Dreadful, horrible, urgent, or extreme |
Compunction | Guilt or regret, guilty, regretful, remorseful |
Mettle | Quality of character, disposition, or temperament |
Husbandry | Careful or thrifty management, thrift |
Palpable | Capable of being touched or felt, tangible |
Equivocate | To use language misleadingly to deceive |
Sacrilegious | Something can be described as this if: something that is sacred has been violated |
Amiss | Out of order, wrongly |
Indissoluble | incapable of being broken, undone, or dissolved-lasting or permanent |
Parricide | The act of murdering one's father, mother, or other close relative |
Sundry | Various, several, or diverse |
Jovial | Full of hearty humor and fun; Jolly |
Mirth | Gaietly, merriment, joyfulness |
Malevolence | Quality or state of wishing evil or harm to others; maliciousness |
Blasphermous | Strongly, abusively, disrespectful |
Resolute | Having a fixed purpose, determined, firm-unwavering |
Laudable | Praiseworthy, commendable |
Appease | To satisfy or calm by ging what is wanted; soothe |
Avarice | Greed for wealth |
Niggardly | Stingy, Miserly |
Raze | Completely destroy, tear down to the level of the ground, demolish |
Pristine | Pure, unspoiled, uncorrupted |
Bane | Cause of harm, trouble, ruin, or death; deadly poison |
Petty | Insignificant, unimportant, trivial, and narrow-minded |
Fret | To worry, irritate, annoy |
Prowess | Extraordinary ability or skill; exceptional bravery, especially in battle |
Usurper | One who seizes and holds by force without your legal right |