Macbeth Act I & II

Jariel J. (United States of America)
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  1. chalice
    a bowl-shaped drinking vessel
  2. chastise
    scold or criticize severely
  3. dwindle
    become smaller or lose substance
  4. harbinger
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  5. implore
    beg or request earnestly and urgently
  6. ingratitude
    a lack of gratitude
  7. interim
    the time between one event, process, or period and another
  8. mettle
    the courage to carry on
  9. minion
    a servile or fawning dependent
  10. plight
    a situation from which extrication is difficult
  11. prophetic
    foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention
  12. surmise
    infer from incomplete evidence
  13. trifle
    a detail that is considered insignificant
  14. withered
    lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
  15. allegiance
    the act of binding yourself to a course of action
  16. augment
    enlarge or increase
  17. carouse
    celebrate or enjoy something in a noisy or wild way
  18. clamor
    utter or proclaim insistently and noisily
  19. dire
    fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
  20. gild
    decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
  21. lament
    a cry of sorrow and grief
  22. malice
    the desire to see others suffer
  23. palpable
    capable of being perceived
  24. parley
    a negotiation between enemies
  25. predominance
    the quality of being more noticeable than anything else
  26. provoke
    provide the needed stimulus for
  27. quench
    satisfy, as thirst
  28. scruples
    motivation deriving from ethical or moral principles
  29. summons
    a request to be present
Created on Tue Nov 05 10:05:44 EST 2019

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