Macbeth vocab

Question 1

Buffeted

Answer 1

strike repeatedly and violently, batter

Question 2

galling

Answer 2

annoying, humiliating

Question 3

censure

Answer 3

the expression of formal disapproval

Question 4

cloister

Answer 4

seclude or shut up in a covenant or monastery

Question 5

epicure

Answer 5

a person who takes pleasure in fine food and drink

Question 6

forswear

Answer 6

agree to give up or go without something

Question 7

augury

Answer 7

an omen, a sign of what will happen in the future

Question 8

dimunition

Answer 8

a reduction in size, extent or importance of something

Question 9

avarice

Answer 9

extreme for wealth or material gain

Question 10

blanch

Answer 10

make white or pale by extracting color

Question 11

confound

Answer 11

use for emphasis, especially to express anger or annoyance

Question 12

flout

Answer 12

openly disregard, mock, scoff

Question 13

expeditious

Answer 13

done with speed and effeciency

Question 14

corporeal

Answer 14

of or relating to a person’s body, especially as opposed to their spirit

Question 15

harbinger

Answer 15

a person or thing that announces the approach of another