MACBETH TGC

Kylie S.
Word list for Macbeth - The Geelong College, Year 10
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  1. brandish
    move or swing back and forth
  2. lavish
    given or giving freely, generously, or without restriction
  3. fantastical
    existing in fancy only
  4. rapt
    feeling great delight and interest
  5. beguile
    attract; cause to be enamored
  6. purveyor
    someone who supplies provisions, especially food
  7. sycophant
    a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage
  8. goaded
    compelled forcibly by an outside agency
  9. masculine
    associated with men and not with women
  10. plight
    a situation from which extrication is difficult
  11. corporeal
    having material or physical form or substance
  12. harbinger
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  13. missive
    a written message addressed to a person or organization
  14. sovereign
    a nation's ruler usually by hereditary right
  15. soliloquy
    speech you make to yourself
  16. assassination
    murder of a public figure by surprise attack
  17. hurly burly
    a disorderly outburst or tumult
  18. prophetic
    foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention
  19. plenteous
    affording an abundant supply
  20. metaphysical
    pertaining to the philosophical study of being and knowing
  21. damnation
    the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell
  22. chamberlain
    an officer who manages the household of a king or nobleman
  23. courtesy
    a considerate and respectful manner
  24. ambition
    a strong drive for success
  25. ruthless
    without mercy or pity
  26. minion
    a servile or fawning dependent
  27. unnatural
    not in accordance with or determined by nature
  28. remorse
    a feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed
  29. ravel
    disentangle or separate out
  30. manipulative
    skillful in influencing others to one's own advantage
  31. carousing
    used of riotously drunken merrymaking
  32. scruples
    motivation deriving from ethical or moral principles
  33. suborn
    incite to commit a crime or an evil deed
  34. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
  35. warrant
    formal and explicit approval
  36. posset
    sweet spiced hot milk curdled with ale or beer
  37. equivocate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  38. augment
    enlarge or increase
  39. husbandry
    the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
  40. incarnadine
    redden or make pinkish
  41. clamour
    utter or proclaim insistently and noisily
  42. malice
    the desire to see others suffer
  43. benison
    a spoken blessing
  44. anoint
    administer an oil or ointment to, often ceremonially
  45. indissoluble
    incapable of being broken up
  46. malevolence
    wishing evil to others
  47. mischance
    an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
  48. disposition
    your usual mood
  49. cauldron
    a very large pot that is used for boiling
  50. chafe
    become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
  51. homely
    lacking in physical beauty or proportion
  52. cistern
    a sac or cavity containing fluid
  53. hither
    to this place
  54. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  55. intemperance
    excess in action and immoderate indulgence of appetites
  56. conjure
    summon into action or bring into existence
  57. treachery
    an act of deliberate betrayal
  58. distemper
    any of various infectious viral diseases of animals
  59. oblivious
    lacking conscious awareness of
  60. salutation
    an acknowledgment or expression of good will
  61. purgative
    strongly laxative
  62. tyranny
    government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator
  63. epicure
    a person who takes great pleasure in fine food and drink
  64. brandish
    move or swing back and forth
  65. perturbation
    the act of causing disorder
  66. ulcerous
    having an ulcer or canker
  67. brinded
    having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
  68. apparition
    a ghostly appearing figure
  69. judicious
    marked by the exercise of common sense in practical matters
  70. tyranny
    government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator
  71. direction
    a line leading to a place or point
  72. diminutive
    very small
  73. blaspheme
    speak of in an irreverent or impious manner
  74. homely
    lacking in physical beauty or proportion
Created on Wed Jul 25 18:26:54 EDT 2012

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