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Macbeth Vocab
AP Lit - Head
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Literature
12th Grade
03/17/2025
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Thane
 Definition
A feudal Lord or baron in Scotland.
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Liege
 Definition
A feudal superior to whom allegiance and service are due.
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Compunctious
 Definition
Having a strong uneasiness caused by guilt.
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Husbandry
 Definition
The control of natural resources.
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Prate
 Definition
To talk idly and at length.
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Surfeited
 Definition
Fed beyond capacity.
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Posset
 Definition
A spiced drink of hot milk with wine or ale.
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Incarnadine
 Definition
To make blood red.
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Equivocate
 Definition
To be deliberately ambiguous in order to mislead.
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Counterance
 Definition
To extend approval to.
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Suborn
 Definition
To induce a person to commit evil.
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Benison
 Definition
A blessing.
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Buffet
 Definition
A blow especially with the hand.
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Avouch
 Definition
To confirm or coproborate.
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Vizard
 Definition
A mask for disguise or protection.
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Nonpareil
 Definition
A person/thing that has no equal.
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Chough
 Definition
A crow-like bird.
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Fenny
 Definition
Marshy or boggy.
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Farrow
 Definition
A litter of pigs.
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Gibbet
 Definition
A gallows.
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Pernicious
 Definition
Causing great harm.
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Avaricious
 Definition
Immoderately desirous of wealth.
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Foison
 Definition
A plentiful harvest.
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Interdiction
 Definition
Authoritative prohibition.
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Niggard
 Definition
A covetous and stingy person.
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Upbraid
 Definition
To criticize severely.
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Purgative
 Definition
Tending to cleanse or purge.
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Harbinger
 Definition
An indication of something to come.
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Bruit
 Definition
To spread news of.
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Palter
 Definition
To talk or act misleading.
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