Macbeth Vocab List 1 Flashcards
Dearth
A scarcity or lack of something
…, but the dearth of biographical information has left many details of Shakespeare’s personal history shrouded in mystery.
Fastidious
very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail
… major tragedies, such as Hamlet and Othello, fastidiously explore the intellectual predicaments faced by their subjects and fine nuances of their subjects’ character…
Plight
Dangerous or difficult situation
As seemeth by his plight, of the revolt the newest state.
Disdain
the feeling that someone is unworthy of respect
Disdaining Fortune, with his brandished steel, Which smoked with bloody execution…
Valiant
Possessing courage or determination
O valiant cousin, worthy gentleman!
Valor
Great courage in the face of danger
Discomfort swells. Mark, King of Scotland, mark: No sooner justice had, with valor armed…
Furbished
Giving a fresh look to
But the Norweyan Lord, surveying vantage, with furbished arms and new supplies of me, began a fresh assault.
Prophetic
Accurately describing what will happen in the future
Upon this blasted heath you stop our way with such prophetic greeting.
Enkindle
Set on fire
To insight emotion
Might yet enkindle you unto the crown, besides Thane of Cawdor.
Surmise
Suppose that something is true without having evidence
Shakes so my single state of man that function is smothered in surmise, and nothing is but what is not.
Rapt
Completely fascinated by what one is hearing
Look how our partner’s rapt.
Liege
Lord or feudal superior
My liege, they are not yet come back.
