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macbethActIIvocab
Act II vocabulary words in Macbeth
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| augment | to make larger in size, number, strength, or extent |
| clamor | to make a lot of noise |
| consort | a person who you associate with and with whom you entrust yourself, like a spouse or best friend. |
| entreat | to beg someone for something, to ask earnestly |
| largess | a generous bestowal of gifts; generosity |
| malice | desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness |
| multlidudinous | very numerous, crowded, existing with much in numbers, plentiful |
| palpable | 1. readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc.; obvious; evident: 2. capable of being touched |
| pretense | a false show of something; piece of make-believe; the act of pretending or alleging falsely. |
| repose | noun - peace; tranquillity; calm, state of being at rest |
| suborned | to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime. |
| temperate | moderate, not excessive in degree, as things, qualities, etc. |