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Macbeth Vocabulary

ACT I

 

  1. chastise                     scold; punish
  2. corporal                    physical; bodily
  3. disdaining                  ridiculing; showing contempt for
  4. harbinger                  warning signal
  5. impedes                     prevents; hinders
  6. implored                    begged; beseeched
  7. peerless                     unique; matchless
  8. procreant                  fertile; fruitful
  9. prophetic                  making a prediction
  10. rapt                             absorbed; engrossed
  11. recompense             payment; retribution
  12. repentance              sorrow; remorse
  13. soliciting                     selling; persuading
  14. surmise                       guess; suppose

 

 

ACT II

 

  1. augment                    enlarge; increase
  2. clamored                  made a lot of noise
  3. consort                      associate or partner with
  4. entreat                       request; implore
  5. largess                        generosity; charity
  6. malice                        hatred; hostility
  7. multitudinous             plentiful; ample
  8. palpable                    touchable; tangible
  9. pretense                    excuse; evasion
  10. repose                       rest; relaxation
  11. suborned                   bribed; urged someone                                           to do something illegal
  12. temperate                 moderate; calm

 

 

ACT III

 

  1. assailable                  vulnerable; open to attack
  2. blanched                  whitened; paled
  3. dauntless                   fearless; unafraid
  4. disposition                 personality; character
  5. incensed                   enraged; infuriated
  6. indissoluble                firm; unbreakable
  7. infirmity                       illness; sickness
  8. jocund                       cheerful; affable
  9. malevolence            ill will; spite
  10. mirth                           jollity; gaiety
  11. posterity                     heirs; future generations
  12. purged                       eliminated; cleansed
  13. rancor                           bitterness; hostility
  14. rebuked                     scolded; reprimanded

 

 

ACT IV

 

  1. abjure                        disregard; renounce
  2. appease                   calm; soothe
  3. avaricious                 greedy; acquisitive
  4. credulous                  naïve; gullible
  5. desolate                    lonely; abandoned
  6. detraction                 backbiting; belittling
  7. diminutive                 tiny; miniature
  8. impediments            obstacles; obstruction
  9. interdiction                ban; taboo
  10. judicious                    thoughtful; sage
  11. laudable                    praiseworthy; commendable
  12. reconciled                 made friends; brought together
  13. redress                        make up for ; atone
  14. voluptuousness        desire for pleasure or indulgence

 

 

ACT V

 

  1. abhorred                   despised; loathed
  2. antidote                     cure; remedy
  3. brandished                shook; flourished
  4. equivocation              lie; evasion
  5. fortifies                         strengthens; reinforces
  6. industrious                 busy; hard-working
  7. oblivious                    careless; heedless
  8. perilous                      unsafe; hazardous
  9. perturbation             disturbance; agitation
  10. pristine                       pure; natural
  11. prowess                     bravery; courage
  12. recoil                          flinch; retreat
  13. speculative               theoretical; unproven
  14. upbraid                      scold; reprimand



Vocabulary courtsey of Mrs. Earles