MacBeth Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of one gifted with more than ordinary spiritual and moral insight; foretelling events |
Corporal | of the human body ; physical. personal. belonging to the material world |
Attire | dress, clothing, clothes |
Chastise | to punish, usually by beating. to criticize severely |
Compunctious | possessing a strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt; having remorse. having a slight uneasiness or regret |
Keen | having a fine, sharp edge or point. Intellectually acute; penetrating; trenchant . Acutely sensitive. sharp; vivid, strong. intense, piercing. pungent; acrid |
Quell | to put down forcibly, suppress, to pacify; quiet |
Adage | a short maxim or proverb |
Mettle | inherent quality of character and temperament. courage and fortitude ; spirit |
Cleave | when followed by to: to stick;adhere Alone: to split or separate, as with an axe. to make or accomplish as if by cutting. to pierce or penetrate |
Augment | to make (something already developed or well under way_ greater, as in size or extent, expand, enlarge, extend |
Rancor | bitter, long-lasting resentment deep -seated ill will. |
Rebuke | n- a sharp criticism; reprimand v- to criticize or reprove sharply; reprimand |
Champion | to protect or fight for as a champion. to act as a militant supporter of, defend, uphold advocate. |
Malevolence | malicious behavior, ill will, the desire to cause harm |
Pious | exhibiting reverence and compliance in the observance of religion; devout |
Rue | to feel remorse or sorrow; to regret |
Avarice | the extreme desire to acquire much wealth; greed |
Pernicious | tending to cause death or serious injury ; deadly; causing great harm; destructive, ruinous, wicked |
Confound | to cause to become confused; bewilder; defeat, overthrow |
Abjure | to solemnly take back, to renounce under oath |
Blaspheme | to speak of God (or something sacred) in an irreverent or impious matter; to utter profane or impious words; talk profanely |
Covet | to desire eagerly; to wish for, long for; to long for something that belongs to someone else |
Equivocation | the using of a word in more than one sense ambiguity or uncertainty of meaning in words, misapprehension arising from the authority of terms |
Petty | having secondary rank or importance; minor, subordinate, having little or no importance or significance |
Dismal | causing gloom or depression; dreary, characterized by ineptitude, dullness, or a lack of merit |
Prowess | sill or expertise in a particular activity, bravery in battle |
Salutation | a polite expression of greeting or goodwill, a gesture of greeting, as a bow or kiss. a word or phrase of greeting |
Usurp | position or rights of another, by force and without legal right or authority. to take over or occupy physically, such as territory or possessions |
Palpable | capable of being touched or felt |
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