Collection 5: Holinshed's Chronicles

As you read Raphael Holinshed's "Holinshed's Chronicles," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 10's Collection 5: Why Read Shakespeare?, Macbeth, Act 1, Macbeth, Act 2, Macbeth, Act 3, Macbeth, Act 4, Macbeth, Act 5, Holinshed's Chronicles, The Macbeth Murder Mystery
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  1. apparel
    clothing in general
  2. favorable
    presaging or likely to bring good luck
  3. descent
    the descendants of one individual
  4. hinder
    prevent the progress or accomplishment of
  5. usurp
    seize and take control without authority
  6. quarrel
    an angry dispute
  7. pretend
    put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
  8. counterfeit
    not genuine; imitating something superior
  9. zeal
    prompt willingness
  10. equity
    the quality of being fair, reasonable, or impartial
  11. predecessor
    one who goes before you in time
  12. posterity
    all future generations
  13. slander
    attack the good name and reputation of someone
  14. admonition
    cautionary advice about something imminent
  15. chance-medley
    an unpremeditated killing of a human being in self defense
Created on Thu Jul 17 14:15:46 EDT 2014 (updated Thu Jul 24 11:23:27 EDT 2014)

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