Collection 5: The Macbeth Murder Mystery

As you read James Thurber's "The Macbeth Murder Mystery," 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. sixpenny
    of trifling worth
  2. Agatha Christie
    prolific English writer of detective stories (1890-1976)
  3. decisively
    with firmness
  4. suspect
    believe to be guilty
  5. promptly
    with little or no delay
  6. summon
    ask to come
  7. anoint
    choose by or as if by divine intervention
  8. sacrilegious
    grossly irreverent toward what is considered holy
  9. secluded
    hidden from general view or use
  10. triumphant
    joyful and proud especially because of success
  11. resemble
    be similar or bear a likeness to
  12. contention
    a point asserted as part of an argument
  13. ambition
    a cherished desire
  14. reluctant
    not eager
  15. cryptic
    having a secret or hidden meaning
Created on Thu Jul 17 14:29:08 EDT 2014 (updated Thu Jul 24 11:23:34 EDT 2014)

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