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Macbeth Vocab
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English
10th Grade
12/05/2014

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Knell
Definition

noun

bell rung at a funeral; signal of disaster

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malice
Definition

noun

desire to harm others or see others suffer

Term
purge
Definition

verb

to free from impurities, to get rid of

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palpable
Definition

adj.

capable of being handled, touched, or felt

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dire
Definition

adj.

calamitous; urgent; desperate

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gall
Definition

noun

bitter fluid secreted by liver; bitterness of feeling; insolence (rude/arrogant lack of respect)

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murky
Definition

adj.

dark, dim or gloomy

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harbinger
Definition

noun

one that indicates or foreshadows what is to come

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maw
Definition

noun

mouth, stomach, jaws or gullet of a voracious animal

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wayward
Definition

adj.

marked by willful deviation from what is desried or expected

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clamorous
Definition

adj.

making noise; insistently demanding

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pernicious
Definition

adj.

deadly, causing great harm

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mar
Definition

verb

to inflict damage; to spoil or blemish

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recoil
Definition

verb

to spring back; to fal back; to shrink back

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avarice
Definition

noun

extreme desire for wealth, greed

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equivocate
Definition

verb

to use ambiguous or misleading language

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entreat
Definition

verb

to make an earnest request of; ask for earnestly

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upbraid
Definition

verb

to reprove sharply; to reproach

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sundry
Definition

adj.

various; miscellaneous

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jocund
Definition

adj.

lighthearted in disposition or character

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entrails
Definition

noun

internal organs, esp. intestines

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diminutive
Definition

adj.

extremely small; tiny

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prate
Definition

verb

to talk idly and at length; chatter

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dauntless
Definition

adj.

fearless; incapable of being intimidated

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