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Macbeth Act 1 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Repentance | deep sorrow |
| impede | to hinder obstruct |
| gloss | a superficial shine,false or deceptively good. |
| valiant | boldly courageous |
| chamberlain | a high official of a castle's service staff |
| access | entrance way;a way or means of approaching, an opening; ability to gain entrance |
| wrought | shaped fashioned |
| propheting | foreshadowing; predicting |
| direful | dreadful terrible |
| mettle | courage and fortitude |
| chastise | to critisize severely; to disipline |
| jutty | beyond the original foundation |
| buttress | any prop or support; reinforcement |
| dignigty | worthiness; rank, honor, self-respect nobility or elevation of honor. |
| recompense | repayment, reward; try to make a wrong a right |
| commendation | recommendation; praise honor |
| bark | sailing ship with 3 or more sails |
| furbish | to restore to a good condition;polish |
| shoal | shallow place sand bar |
| harbinger | indicator of what is to come; someone who goes ahead to announce |
| frieze | furniture, skirt; any decorative band on an outside wall crown molding, by the ceiling |
| trammel | to restrict or limit |