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macbeth vocab 2011
english iv
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| eminence | the highest distinction greatness,highest place |
| liege | a lord; loyal faithful |
| dauntless | brave |
| ingratiate | to bring oneself into anothers favor |
| repentence | remorse for sin or wrongdoing compunction |
| interim | temporary |
| cleave | to cling to |
| surmise | to guess |
| imperial | majestic, magnificent |
| trifle | something of little value or importance |
| enkindle | to become aroused or excited |
| niggard | stingy,misery,a stingy person |
| contend | to fight,to assert |
| prophetic | of or like a person who predicts |
| attire | clothes;finery |
| prowness | bravery |
| rabble | a disorderly crowd;a mob |
| usurp | to take and hold by force as with power |
| furbish | to polish; to burnish |
| direful | dreadful;terrible |
| brandish | to wave threateningly as a sword |
| disdain | aloof contempt |
| villainy | wickedness;evil |
| captivity | the act of being held prisoner |
| avouch | to guarantee; to five assurance |