Macbeth key words

Question 1

giving the impression that something harmful will happen

Answer 1

sinister

Question 2

deserted, bleak or empty

Answer 2

desolate

Question 3

inborn or natural

Answer 3

innate

Question 4

deceitful and untrustworthy

Answer 4

perfidious

Question 5

a strong desire to achieve something

Answer 5

ambition

Question 6

a state of confusion

Answer 6

disorder

Question 7

great courage in the face of danger

Answer 7

valour

Question 8

the ability to do something that frightens one

Answer 8

courage

Question 9

savagely violent

Answer 9

brutal

Question 10

feeling of expressing remorse or guilt

Answer 10

contrite

Question 11

betrayal of trust

Answer 11

treachery

Question 12

concealing if misrepresenting the truth

Answer 12

deceit

Question 13

saying what will happen in the future

Answer 13

prophesy

Question 14

the development of events beyond a persons control

Answer 14

fate

Question 15

principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong

Answer 15

morality

Question 16

difficult to carry out

Answer 16

burdensome

Question 17

the action of deceiving someone

Answer 17

deception

Question 18

the ability to think in a rational manner

Answer 18

sanity

Question 19

admirably purposeful and determined

Answer 19

resolute

Question 20

take a position of power by force

Answer 20

usurped

Question 21

a mental condition characterised by delusions

Answer 21

paranoia

Question 22

a cruel and oppressive ruler

Answer 22

tyrant

Question 23

showing a willingness to take bold risks

Answer 23

audacious

Question 24

cunning and scheming

Answer 24

machiavellian

Question 25

disharmony or disunity

Answer 25

discord

Question 26

the action of killing a king

Answer 26

regicide

Question 27

an additional plot running parallel to the main one

Answer 27

subplot

Question 28

fast and energetic in a wild way

Answer 28

frenetic

Question 29

a speech given by one person with no one else on stage

Answer 29

soliloquy

Question 30

sincere regret or remorse

Answer 30

repentance

Question 31

a system of organisation where people are ranked according to status

Answer 31

hierarchy

Question 32

a contradictory statement which when explained is true

Answer 32

paradox

Question 33

a person or thing which is the direct opposite of someone or something

Answer 33

anitithesis

Question 34

asserting one’s will over another in an arrogant way

Answer 34

domineering

Question 35

a person obsessed with their own power

Answer 35

megalomaniac

Question 36

showing insensitive disregard for others

Answer 36

callous

Question 37

morally justifiable

Answer 37

righteous

Question 38

the intention or desire to do evil

Answer 38

malice

Question 39

a state of complete confusion

Answer 39

chaotic

Question 40

possessing or showing courage or determination

Answer 40

valiant

Question 41

expressing regret or sorrow

Answer 41

remorse

Question 42

fascinated by what one is hearing

Answer 42

rapt

Question 43

excessively proud of oneself or vain

Answer 43

conceited

Question 44

harmony or togetherness

Answer 44

unity

Question 45

lack of agreement

Answer 45

disharmony

Question 46

oppressively constant or incessant

Answer 46

relentless

Question 47

excessively conceited or self centred

Answer 47

egotistic

Question 48

having no moral principles

Answer 48

unscrupulous

Question 49

savagely cruel or exceeding brutal

Answer 49

barbaric