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MacBeth Vocabulary
Vocabulary to study for MacBeth Test
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10th Grade
11/30/2011
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valor
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bravery
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minion
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one who is esteemed or favored
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heath
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an open, deserted tract of land
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surmise
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conjecture, guess
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trifle
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something of little value
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harbinger
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forerunner; one that foreshadows
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compunction
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remorse, uneasiness associated with guilt
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gall
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bitterness; literally liverbile
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dun
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dull; dark, neutral color
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trammel
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to confine or hinder; entrap; to beat down
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wassail
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merry making
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mettle
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spirit
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oppressed
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weighed heavily upon
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palpable
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capable of being handled, touched or felt
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prate
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to talk at great length
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multitudinous
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very numerous; existing in great numbers
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incarnadine
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to redden
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equivocate
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to avoid making an explicit statement; to speak ambiguously
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obscure
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not easily understood or clearly expressed
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lees
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dregs of wine
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epicure
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a person with refined tastes in food and wine
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parley
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conference with an enemy
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undivulged
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not revealed, disclosed, told
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malice
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evil intent
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verity
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truth
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rebuke
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to scold harshly(v.), a scolding (n.)
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rancors
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bitterness, wrath, anger
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nonpareil
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the very finest example, unequal in status
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maw
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bellies
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infirmity
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weakness
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blanched
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whitened, made white with fear
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homage
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deference, respect
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gruel
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a thick soup
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resolute
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determined
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apparition
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ghost
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pernicious
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deadly, fatal
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diminuitive
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small, petite
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laudable
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praise worthy
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avaricious
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greedy
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niggardly
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stingily, fugally
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upbraid
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to criticize severely
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oblivious
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forgetful
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