Macbeth vocab

Question 1

aside

Answer 1

a passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters

Question 2

foil

Answer 2

characters with traits opposite to another characters trait

Question 3

monologue

Answer 3

a speech made by a character to other characters, someones to a crowd

Question 4

soliloquy

Answer 4

an act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud by oneself or regardless of any hearers

Question 5

thane

Answer 5

a nobleman who owns portions of land in exchange for their military service to the king

Question 6

harbinger

Answer 6

a forerunner

Question 7

soliciting

Answer 7

to ask or plead for something

Question 8

impedes

Answer 8

to delay or prevent someone or something by obstructing them

Question 9

clamored

Answer 9

showed and demanded noisily

Question 10

posterity

Answer 10

all future generations

Question 11

dauntless

Answer 11

fearless

Question 12

profound

Answer 12

bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive

Question 13

guise

Answer 13

false or deceiving appearance

Question 14

impending

Answer 14

about to happen

Question 15

mirth

Answer 15

fun or happiness

Question 16

incarnadine

Answer 16

to make the color of flesh

Question 17

unsanctioned

Answer 17

unholy, wicked, ungodly

Question 18

pernicious

Answer 18

causing insidious harm or ruin

Question 19

confound

Answer 19

confuse; thwart; ruin

Question 20

judicious

Answer 20

having exercising or characterized by good judgement or sense

Question 21

sundry

Answer 21

several; eminence; fame or recognized superiority

Question 22

avarice

Answer 22

greed/greedy

Question 23

equivocation/equivocates

Answer 23

deliberately deceiving a listener without explicitly lying