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Macbeth Act 2 Vocabulary
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English
10th Grade
02/19/2015

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husband
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to use sparingly or economically
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husbandry
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careful management or conservation of resources; economy
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repose
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the act of resting or the state of being at rest
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entreat
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to make an earnest request of; to plead
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honor
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a title conferred for achievement; glory or recognition; distinction; a code of integrity, dignity, and pride
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augment
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to make something already well under way greater, as in size or extent
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sensible
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perceptible by the sense or by the mind
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palpable
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capable of being handled
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present
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existing or happening now
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sorry
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worthless or inferior; causing sorrow, grief, or misfortune
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amen
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used at the end of a prayer or statement to express assent or approval
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mad
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suffering from a disorder of the mind; insane; temporarily or apparently deranged, as by violent emotions
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balm
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a soothing, healing, or comforting agent or quality
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lechery
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excessive indulgence in sexual activity; lewdness
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equivocate
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to use deliberately ambiguous language; to avoid making an explicit statement
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equivocator
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a person who deliberately speaks in a way to confuse listeners
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countenance
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appearance; the expression of the face; a look or expression of support or approval
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lees
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the dregs; the sediment that settles during fermentation of wine
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fate
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unfavorable destiny; doom
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auger
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a tool for boring holes in wood or ice
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auger hole
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a narrow hole bored by an auger
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suborned
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to suborn - to induce a person to commit an unlawful or evil act
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remorse
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bitter regret; moral anguish arising from regret at one's deeds
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practical
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concerned with the production or operation of something useful
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pragmatic
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concerned with facts and actual occurrences, with practicalities rather than philosophical considerations
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