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Macbeth Vocab
Acts 1 and 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| thane | a Scottish feudal lord |
| fantastical | imaginary |
| intelligence | information |
| corporal | bodily; physical |
| surmise | a thought based on little evidence; a conjecture a guess to conjecture or guess |
| harbinger | a person sent ahead (as a messenger) |
| peerless | without equal (so good that nothing can equal it) |
| chastise | to punish or scold severely |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress; to hinder |
| faculties | abilities; powers |
| daunt | to intimidate; to lessen someone's courage |
| clamor | a loud continuous noise; especially shouting |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt; tangible |
| prate | to talk long and idly; to chatter about nothing |
| knell | a funeral bell |
| surfeit | an overindulgence in something (food, drink, etc) |
| infirm | weak; feeble; indecisive |
| multitudinous | enormous, vast |
| incarnadine | to turn red |
| temperate | moderate in behavior; showing self-restraint |
| malice | the desire to harm others |