Buffeted | Struck repeatedly, battered (Synonym, Batter/pommel) (Antonym, assuage/sooth) |
Balm | a soothing substance or one that gives relief (Synonym, salve) (antonym, irritant) |
Bane/Baneful | a source of harm or destruction; harmful, destructive (Synonym, delirious/detrimental/noxious/pernicious) (antonym, Benign/Harmless) |
Beguile | To deceive or trick (synonym, delude/manipulate) (antonym, enlighten) |
Flout | To treat with contempt (synonym, scof/jeer/mock/insult) (Antonym, compliment) |
Galling Gall | To vex or irritate greatly, poison (synonym, annoy/chate) (antonym, please/comfort/antidote) |
Diminutive, Diminution | a small thing or person, denoting small. (synonym, undermine/tiny) (antonym, escalation) |
Harbinger | things that precede and forecast (synonym, omen/forerunner/herald) |
Voluptuous | pleasurable to sense, sensuous (Synonym, enticing/indulgent/appealing) (antonym, repellent) |
Surfeited | Fed or supplied to excess (synonym, glutted/gorged) (antonym/repellent) |
Sanctify | to set apart for sacred use, to make holy, to purify (synonym, consecrate/bless) (antonym Desecrate/degrade/dishonor) |
Requite | to make repayment or to return (synonym, redress/reciprocate) (antonym, deny) |
Missive | written communication (synonym, epistle/report/dispatch) |
Sundry | various or diverse (synonym, myriad/plethora) (antonym, singular/same) |
Interim | an intervening time; interval; meantime (synonym, interlude/ hiatus) |
Vocab #2 Macbeth
September 14, 2019