macbeth vocab act II

Question 1

allegiance

Answer 1

loyalty

Question 2

anoint

Answer 2

to make sacred in a ceremony that includes the applying of oil

Question 3

appall

Answer 3

to fill or overcome with fear or horror

Question 4

augment

Answer 4

to make larger

Question 5

balm

Answer 5

anything that heals or soothes pain

Question 6

carouse

Answer 6

to engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking

Question 7

cleave

Answer 7

to adhere closely; stick; cling

Question 8

consort

Answer 8

to associate; keep company

Question 9

descend

Answer 9

to pass from higher to lower

Question 10

lament

Answer 10

to feel or express sorrow or regret

Question 11

lechery

Answer 11

unrestrained or excessive indulgence of sexual desire

Question 12

malice

Answer 12

desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another

Question 13

mock

Answer 13

to ridicule by the copying of action or speech

Question 14

palpable

Answer 14

capable of being touched or felt

Question 15

porter

Answer 15

a person who has charge of a door or gate

Question 16

quench

Answer 16

to put out; to suppress

Question 17

repose

Answer 17

to lay to rest

Question 18

restrain

Answer 18

to hold back from action

Question 19

sacrilegious

Answer 19

disrespectful towards a god

Question 20

stealthy

Answer 20

carefully and secretly