Macbeth Character Vocabulary

Question 1

vacillating

Answer 1

going over and back

Question 2

desensitised

Answer 2

make less sensitive

Question 3

dehumanised

Answer 3

make less human

Question 4

malevolence

Answer 4

the state or condition of being malevolent; hostility.

Question 5

malice

Answer 5

the desire to hurt someone;ill will

Question 6

incentive

Answer 6

a thing that motivates or encourages someone to do something.

Question 7

regicide

Answer 7

the killing of a king

Question 8

heinous

Answer 8

(of a person or wrongful act, especially a crime) utterly odious or wicked.

Question 9

futility

Answer 9

pointlessness or uselessness

Question 10

morality

Answer 10

principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behaviour.

Question 11

burgeoning

Answer 11

growing

Question 12

calamity

Answer 12

an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster.

Question 13

imminence

Answer 13

the state or fact of being about to happen.

Question 14

hamartia

Answer 14

a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine.

Question 15

hubris

Answer 15

excessive pride or self-confidence.

Question 16

nadir of despair

Answer 16

the lowest or most unsuccessful point in a situation.

Question 17

omnipotence

Answer 17

the quality of having unlimited or very great power.

Question 18

depravity

Answer 18

moral corruption; wickedness.

Question 19

lament

Answer 19

a passionate expression of grief or sorrow.

Question 20

invocation

Answer 20

the action of invoking someone or something.

Question 21

perdition

Answer 21

complete and utter ruin.

Question 22

intercede

Answer 22

intervene on behalf of another.

Question 23

implication

Answer 23

the conclusion that can be drawn from something although it is not explicitly stated.

Question 24

tantalize

Answer 24

torment or tease (someone) with the sight or promise of something that is unobtainable.

Question 25

somnambulism

Answer 25

sleepwalking

Question 26

prudent

Answer 26

acting with or showing care and thought for the future.

Question 27

despondent

Answer 27

in low spirits from loss of hope or courage.

Question 28

inured

Answer 28

accustom (someone) to something, especially something unpleasant.

Question 29

brevity

Answer 29

shortness of time