Macbeth Vocab Flashcards by mariesa mahoney

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Valor

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Bravery

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Disdain

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To look upon or treat with contempt or reject

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Undaunted

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Not discouraged

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Mettle

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Mental and emotional strength; courage

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Impede

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Slow down by placing obstacles in front of something

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Prowess

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Exceptional bravery or skill

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Palpable

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Capable of being touched; tangible

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Pathological

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Caused by disease; unhealthy compulsion

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Affliction

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Distressed or painful state

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Pernicious

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Cause harm or ruin

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Infirmity

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Physical weaknes; lack of strength

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Sacrilegious

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Violating or disrespectful of anything held sacred

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Tyrant

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A cruel and an unjust ruler

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Usurp

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To seize power by force without legal right

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Treason

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The crime of killing government head or trying to overthrow it

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Regicide

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Killing of a king

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Recompense

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Repayment

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Beguile

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To mislead

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Knell

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Sound of a bell rolling slowly

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Redress

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To set right what is done wrong

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Subterfuge

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A trick

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Paradox

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Statement that contradicts itself

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Thrall

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Slave

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Repentance

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Deep sorrow

Chastise

To punish

Rancor

Bitter resentment

Nonpareil

Having no equal; peerless

Intemperance

Lack of moderation or restraint

Hurly burly

Noisy disorder and confusion

Heath

Tract of open wasteland covered with low shrubs

Contended

Struggled in rivalry of competition

Fantastical

Unrestrained imagination

Battlements

A low wall with open spaces for shooting

Prate

Talk excessively or foolishly babble

Lamenting

Grief or mourning

Repose

Rest, tranquility

Lechery

Unrestrained indulgence of sexual desire

Vaulting

Excessive arrogance

Posterity

Future generations

Predominant

Important; powerful

Sundry

Various or diverse

Jovial

With a hearty, joyous humor

Parricide

Act of killing ones father, mother or close relative; or king

Apparition

A ghost

Diminutive

Much smaller than average

Desolate

Treeless

Avarice

Greed

Taint

Stain, spot, blemish

Purgative

Cleansing

Perturbation

Greatly disturbed or distressed

Epicure

Person with refined and cultivated tastes

Arbitrate

Reconcile, to settle differences between

Pristine

Having original purity, unspoiled