Macbeth Vocab

Question 1

Adder

Answer 1

A small venomous Eurasian snake

Question 2

Augment

Answer 2

Make something greater by adding to it

Question 3

Avaunt

Answer 3

Go away

Question 4

Barefaced

Answer 4

Shameless, undisguised

Question 5

Brandish

Answer 5

Wave or Flourish, especially weapon, as a threat or anger or excitement

Question 6

Clamorous

Answer 6

Making a loud and confused noise

Question 7

Dauntless

Answer 7

Showing fearlessness and determination

Question 8

Dire

Answer 8

Extremely serious or urgent

Question 9

Entreat

Answer 9

Ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something

Question 10

Equivocate

Answer 10

Use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself

Question 11

Harbinger

Answer 11

A person or thing that announces or singles the approach of another

Question 12

Impediment

Answer 12

Hey hindrance or obstruction in doing something

Question 13

Jocund

Answer 13

Cheerful and lighthearted

Question 14

Knell

Answer 14

The sound of a bell, especially when wrong solemnly for a death or funeral

Question 15

Laudable

Answer 15

Deserving praise and commendation

Question 16

Mar

Answer 16

Impair the appearance of, disfigure

Question 17

Oracle

Answer 17

One acting as a medium through whom advise or prophecy was sought from The gods in classical antiquity

Question 18

Palpable

Answer 18

So intense as to seem almost tangible

Question 19

Parricide

Answer 19

The killing of a parent or other near relative

Question 20

Peerless

Answer 20

Unequaled or unrivaled

Question 21

Perturbation

Answer 21

Anxiety, mental uneasiness

Question 22

Prodigal

Answer 22

Spending money or resources freely and recklessly

Question 23

Sundry

Answer 23

A various kinds, several

Question 24

Swelter

Answer 24

Be uncomfortably hot

Question 25

Tarry

Answer 25

Of, like, or covered with tar

Question 26

Unbraid

Answer 26

Find fault with someone, scold

Question 27

Verities

Answer 27

A true principal or believe, especially one of fundamental importance