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MacBeth Vocab.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Heath | an open, barren wasteland |
| Valiant | brave |
| Direful | frightful, terrible |
| Corporal | bodily, tangible |
| Surmise | to guess or make a conjecture |
| Harbinger | person/thing that signals or announces what is to come |
| Battlement | wall with open spaces to shoot through, usu. On top of tower, castle, etc. |
| Trammel | to entrap or confine (used with up) |
| Adage | an old saying generally accepted as true |
| Mettle | courage |
| Largess | generosity, generous gifts |
| Surfeit | to overindulge |
| Palpable | tangible, easily perceived by the mind |
| Scruple | uneasy feeling doing things that one believes are wrong |
| Minion | favorite |
| Sovereignty | royal authority or power |
| Posterity | succeeding, future generations |
| Verity | statement or belief acknowledged as an established truth |
| Parricide | murder of a parent |
| Dauntless | fearless, brave |
| Chide | to scold in a mild way |
| Rancor | malice; spitefulness |
| Infirmity | weakness, feebleness; a disability |
| Jocund | jovial, cheerful, jolly |
| Entrails | guts, intestines |
| Caldron | large pot, kettle |
| Vanquish | to defeat |
| Pernicious | destructive, deadly |
| Diminutive | very small |
| Intemperance | lack of restraint or moderation |
| Overcredulous | too easily convinced, gullible |
| Abjure | to renounce, to give up |
| Sanctity | holiness, saintliness |
| Whetstone | a stone for sharpening tools, knives, etc. |
| Perturbation | a disturbance or annoyance Abhor |
| Fain | gladly |
| brandish | in manner |
| Fancy | imagination, creativity |
| Oblivious | unaware, unmindful |
| Purgative | cleansing |
| Censure | to criticize or disapprove severely |