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"Macbeth" Vocabulary
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English
12th Grade
02/27/2012

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Thane
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a feudal lord or baron in Scotland
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Liege
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a feudal superior to whom allegiance and service are due
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Compunctious
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having a strong uneasiness caused by guilt
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Prate
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to talk idly and at length
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Husbandry
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control or judicious use of resources
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Surfeited
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fed beyond capacity
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Incarnadine
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to make blood-red
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Posset
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a spiced drink of hot wine or ale
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Equivocate
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to be deliberately ambiguous in order to mislead
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Countenance
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to extend approval to
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Bension
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a blessing; a benediction
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Buffet
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a blow especially with the hand
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Suborn
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to induce a person to commit evil
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Vizard
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a visor or mask
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Avouch
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to confirm or corroborate
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Chough
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a crow-like bird
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Fenny
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marshy or boggy
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Nonpareil
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a person or thing that has no equal
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Farrow
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a litter of pigs
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Gibbet
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a gallows
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Pernicious
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causing great harm
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Avaricious
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immoderately desirous of wealth
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Fosion
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a plentiful harvest
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Niggard
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a covetous and stingy person
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Interdiction
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an authoritative prohibition
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Upbraid
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to criticize severely
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Harbinger
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an indication of the approach of something or someone
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Purgative
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tending to cleanse or purge
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Bruit
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to spread news of
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Palter
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to talk or act misleadingly
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