macbeth vocab list 2

Question 1

to regard with disgust or hatred

Answer 1

abhor

Question 2

to be very hot, sweaty

Answer 2

swelter

Question 3

to confirm

Answer 3

verify

Question 4

to carry on, to be (state of being/living), verb

Answer 4

fare

Question 5

noun, someone who takes pleasure in fine eating/drinking

Answer 5

epicure

Question 6

noun, the crime of murdering someone in close relation

Answer 6

parricade

Question 7

future generations of a person/people, noun

Answer 7

posterity

Question 8

uneasiness/anxiety or a state of agitation, noun,

Answer 8

perturbation

Question 9

to continue doing something despite setbacks or challenges, noun

Answer 9

perseverance

Question 10

to genuinely/anxiously ask someone to do something/treat someone in a specified manner, verb,

Answer 10

Entreat

Question 11

great courage (in battle), adjective,

Answer 11

Valor

Question 12

to find fault/scold, verb,

Answer 12

upbraid

Question 13

a sign or warning of something bad to happen/ an exceptional person or thing, noun,

Answer 13

portent

Question 14

to fulfill/satisfy a thirst, verb

Answer 14

quench

Question 15

to express extreme disappoint, verb

Answer 15

censure

Question 16

wishing to do harm to others, adjective,

Answer 16

malevolent

Question 17

generosity in giving money or gifts, noun

Answer 17

largess

Question 18

dark, cloudy, adjective

Answer 18

murky

Question 19

oppressive dictator, noun

Answer 19

tyrant

Question 20

mad, insane, adjective

Answer 20

brainsickly

Question 21

philosophy regarding reality and existence, noun

Answer 21

metaphysical

Question 22

to be of well revered or known, noun

Answer 22

renown

Question 23

to use neutral language to conceal the truth, verb

Answer 23

equivocate

Question 24

to be capable of being felt/ something so intense it is almost tangible, adjective

Answer 24

palpable

Question 25

extreme greed for wealth or materials, noun

Answer 25

avarice

Question 26

a habit regarded as someone’s weakness, noun

Answer 26

vice

Question 27

to suppose something is true without evidence to confirm it, verb

Answer 27

surmise

Question 28

clean, adjective

Answer 28

pristine

Question 29

to make amends for a suffered loss, verb

Answer 29

recompense

Question 30

position of superiority, noun

Answer 30

eminence