Macbeth Vocab: Act 1

Question 1

Chalice

Answer 1

(n) a cup or goblet

Question 2

Chastise

Answer 2

(v) to punish by beating; to criticise severely

Question 3

Compunctious

Answer 3

(adj) deserving of shame; deeply wrong

Question 4

Dwindle

Answer 4

(v) to make or become gradually less until little remains

Question 5

Harbinger

Answer 5

(n) one that indicates or foreshadows what is to come; forerunner

Question 6

Implored

Answer 6

(v) 1. involved by logical necessity; entailed

2. appealed to; beseeched

Question 7

Ingratitude

Answer 7

(n) lack of gratitude; ungratefulness

Question 8

Interim

Answer 8

(n) a period between two events

Question 9

Mettle

Answer 9

(n) strength of character; determination

Question 10

Minion

Answer 10

(n) a submissive follower or dependent

Question 11

Plight

Answer 11

(n) a difficult or adverse situation

Question 12

Prophetic

Answer 12

(adj) of, or a characteristic of, a prophet or prophecy

Question 13

Surmise

Answer 13

(v) to infer with little evidence; guess

(n) an idea or opinion based on little evidence

Question 14

Trifles

Answer 14

(n) things of little importance or value; small amounts

Question 15

Withered

Answer 15

(adj) dried up or shriveled, as if from a loss of moisture