Avaricious Definition | having or showing extreme wealth or material gain |
Avaricious Antonym | generous |
Avaricious Sentence | johnny refused to bow down to the corrupt and avaricious king |
Brandish Definition | wave or flourish as a threat, or in anger or excitement |
Brandish Antonyms | abandon, conceal |
Brandish Sentence | brandishing her sword, carol rode into battle on her last horse |
Compunction Definiton | a feeling of guilt that follows the doing of something bad; a pricking of the conscience |
Compunction Antonyms | happiness, defiance |
Compunction Sentence | sammy decided to send the money with compunction |
Covet Definition | yearn to possess or have something |
Covet Antonyms | dislike, abjure |
Covet Sentence | the president-elect covets the power to remove immigration leniency |
Disdain Definition (1 and 2) | the feeling that someone is unworthy of one’s consideration or respect; considered unworthy of one’s consideration or respect |
Disdain Defintion (3) | refuse or reject something out of a feeling of pride or superiority |
Disdain Antonym | respect |
Disdain Sentence | she remained standing, pointedly disdaining his open invitation for a seat |
Macbeth Vocab Week 2
November 19, 2019