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Macbeth Vocab 1-32
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10th Grade
10/21/2015
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Expeditious
 Definition
done with speed and efficiency
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Flout
 Definition
to treat and contempt
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Forswear
 Definition
to renounce and to repudiate
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Galling
 Definition
very irritating
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Harbingers
 Definition
things that precede and forecast
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Homage
 Definition
respect shown by external action
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Homely
 Definition
plain or unattractive in appearance
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Humane
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kind, compassionate, sympathetic, and considerate
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Husband
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to manage prudently and in a conservative manner
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Largess
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generous giving
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Laud
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to praise, to extol
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Lecher
 Definition
person who is very sexually active
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Malady
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a disease or unwholesome condition
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Malevolence
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ill will or evil intentions
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Malice
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desire to harm others
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Mettle
 Definition
courage or spirit
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Mirth
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gladness and merriment usually accompanied by laughter
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Mortify
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to humiliate
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Oblivion
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state of being forgotten
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Obscure
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difficult to see, vague
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Palatable
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agreeable to the taste, acceptable
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Pernicious
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very destructive or harmful, deadly
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Petty
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small and insignifigant
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Plight
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difficult or adverse situation
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