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Macbeth Vocab 5-8
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abhor | v - hate, loathe, dispise |
| Accursed | adj - doomed to evil, misery or misfortune |
| Adage | n - proverb, saying |
| Appall | v - disgust, shock |
| Avaricious | adj - greedy, materialistic |
| Avouch | v - declare solemnly the truth of something |
| Brandish | v - to flaunt |
| Breach | v - forcibly break through / open |
| Broil | n - battle, brawl, riot |
| Chastice | v - scold, reprimand |
| Clamorous | adj - noisy, boisterous |
| Cloister | v - to provide privacy |
| Deign | v - lower yourself to a command, to an answer |
| Diminutive | adj - small |
| Dolor | n - painful grief |
| Harbinger | n- an omen |
| Hurly-Burly | n - turmoil, confusion, fighting |
| Incarnadine | adj - flesh color (blood red) |
| Incensed | adj- angered at something unjust |
| Interdiction | n - the act of forbidding, prohibiting |
| Interim | adj - occuring for brief period |
| Impede | v - to hinder, delay, obstruct |
| Jocund | adj - to full of high spirited merriment |
| Knell | n - sound of bell rung slowly to announce death |
| Laudable | adj - is worthy of high praise; applaudable ahah |
| Malevolence | n - wishing evil on others, like a mean gatekeeper |
| Malice | n - ill will; the desire to harm others |
| Minions | n - servants, followers, minion from gru aha |
| Nonpareil | adj - having unique perfection |
| Palpable | adj - can be precieved by senses or mind; tangible |
| Parricide | n - act of killing a close relative :( |
| Pernicious | adj - malicious |
| Perturbation | n - the action of being worried (?) |
| Pristine | adj - clean, fresh, (haha deodorant) |
| Rapt | adj - the quality of being captivated |
| Rebuke | v - to criticize someone |
| Redress | v - to correct an error or fault |
| Rouse | v - to provoke, awaken |
| Rue | v - to feel regret |
| Suborn | v - to bribe |
| Sundry | adj - assorted |
| Surcease | v - to stop |
| Surfeit | n - an overabundant supply |
| Surmise | v - to think w/o supporting evidence |