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Vocabulary

Vocabulary. Selected from William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. LIST ONE. interdiction – forbidden, especially by some authority gibbet – a gallows hautboy – an oboe wassail – drinking; celebrating equivocate – to use vague or ambiguous language; hedge. LIST TWO.

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Vocabulary

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  1. Vocabulary Selected from William Shakespeare’s Macbeth

  2. LIST ONE • interdiction – forbidden, especially by some authority • gibbet – a gallows • hautboy – an oboe • wassail – drinking; celebrating • equivocate – to use vague or ambiguous language; hedge

  3. LIST TWO • palpable – capable of being touched or felt • incarnadine – blood-red; crimson • avouch – to admit; confess • enkindle – to excite into action; arouse • prattle – to talk in a foolish way

  4. LIST THREE • chough – a crow-like bird • dudgeon – a handle or hilt • coign – an external corner of a wall • benison – blessing • palter – to lie

  5. LIST FOUR • nonpareil – having no equal; peerless • pernicious – deadly; wicked • largess – generous bestowal of gifts; generosity • abjure – to renounce; disown • surcease – to cease from some action; desist

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