Macbeth, Act II Vocabulary Flashcards
Augment
To make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase
Allegiance
Loyalty or devotion to some person, group, cause, or the like
Carousing
Engaging in a drunken revel
Clamored
To utter noisily
Dire
Causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible
Gild
To give a bright, pleasing, or specious aspect to
Cover thinly in gold
Lamenting
Mourning for or over
Feeling or expressing sorrow or regret for
Malice
Desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness
Palpable
Capable of being touched or felt
Parley
A discussion or conference
An informal conference between enemies under a truce, especially to discuss terms, conditions of surrender, etc.
Predominance
The state,condition, or quality of being all-powerful/dominant
Provoke
To anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex
To stir up, arouse, or call fourth (feelings, desires, passions)
Quenched
Satisfied
Summons
An authoritative or urgent call for someone to be somewhere or do something
Scruples
A moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions
