Macbeth Vocab

Question 1

Minion

Answer 1

An obsequious follower or dependent

Question 2

Corporal

Answer 2

Of or relating to the body

Question 3

Cleave

Answer 3

to adhere, cling or stick fast

Question 4

Harbinger

Answer 4

one that indicates or foreshadows what is to come

Question 5

Chastise

Answer 5

To punsh

Question 6

Beguile

Answer 6

To pass time pleasantly

Question 7

Couriers

Answer 7

Messengers

Question 8

Palpable

Answer 8

Easily perceived

Question 9

Appall

Answer 9

To fill with dismay

Question 10

Carousing

Answer 10

The activity of drunken merrymaking

Question 11

Equivocate

Answer 11

to avoid

Question 12

Scruples

Answer 12

Conscience; morals

Question 13

Suborn

Answer 13

To induce someone to commit an unlawful act

Question 14

Parricide

Answer 14

the murdering of one’s parent(s)

Question 15

Malice

Answer 15

Extreme ill-will or spite

Question 16

Vizards

Answer 16

Masks

Question 17

Bide

Answer 17

to wait

Question 18

Purge

Answer 18

to be freed from impurities

Question 19

Muse

Answer 19

to consider

Question 20

Homage

Answer 20

special honor expressed publicly

Question 21

Caldron/cauldron

Answer 21

a large vessel

Question 22

Pernicious

Answer 22

evil; wicked

Question 23

Diminutive

Answer 23

extremely small in size

Question 24

Appease

Answer 24

to humor; make peace with

Question 25

Avaricious

Answer 25

having an immoderate desire for wealth

Question 26

Interdiction

Answer 26

something authoritatively forbidden

Question 27

Integrity

Answer 27

Adherence to a strict moral code

Question 28

Censure

Answer 28

harsh criticism

Question 29

Ague

Answer 29

a chill or fit of shivering

Question 30

Brandish

Answer 30

To wave or flourish