Lit Macbeth Vocab

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Wyrd

(n) Fate or personal destiny

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Equivocate

(v) To use ambiguous language to conceal oneself

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Harbinger

(n) a person/thing that announces the approach of another being

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Regicide

(n) the action of killing a king

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Sentinel

(n) soldier/guard whose job is to keep watch

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Consancy

(n) the quality of being faithful and dependable

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Corporal

(adj) relating to the human body

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Compunction

(n) the feeling of guild preventing wrongdoing

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Rapt

(adj) fascinated by what one is seeing/hearing

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Incredulous

(adj) unwilling or unable to believe what one is seeing or hearing

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verity

(n) a true (fundamentalf) principle of belief

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Pernicious

(adj) having a harmful effect in a subtle/gradual way

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Hoodwink

(v) to decieve or trick

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Cherub

A winged, angelic being

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Cherubim

Plural of cherub

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Blank verse

verse without rhyme or iambic pentameter

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Prose

words in ordinary form

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Hyperbole

exaggerated statement

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Soliloquy

Speech of innermost feelings to the audience

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Paradox

Seemingly contradictory statement that, upon further understanding, is true

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Apostrophe

exclamatory passage to a person or thing

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Motif

recurring theme throughout a text

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Leit Motif

An overarching or most valuable motif

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Serendipity

(n) the occurence of events by change in a happy/beneficial way

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Avaricious

(adj) showing extreme greed for wealth/material gain

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Blaspheme

(v) speaking irreverently about God/sacred things

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Bait

(v) to deliberately annoy or taunt

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Tenuous

(adj) weakly connected

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Epicurean

(n) a person devoted to indulgent pleasure, mostly regarding food

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Bane

(n) a cause of distress or annoyance

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Prowess

(n) bravery in battle

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Ague

(n) a fever or shivering fit

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Avouch

(v) affirm or assert

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Abhor

(v) regard with disgust or hatred

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