Macbeth Vocabulary

Question 1

plight (n)

Answer 1

a bad situation or condition

Question 2

disdain (n)

Answer 2

a feeling that something is beneath you

Question 3

wanton (adj)

Answer 3

sensual OR without care

Question 4

rapt (adj)

Answer 4

completely absorbed

Question 5

cleave (v)

Answer 5

to cling to OR split by cutting, to cause to separate

Question 6

chastise (v)

Answer 6

to punish or criticize

Question 7

largess (n)

Answer 7

generous gift, willing to give

Question 8

thane (n)

Answer 8

a man who held land granted by the king or by a military nobleman, ranking between an ordinary freeman and a hereditary noble; baron; lord

Question 9

equivocate (v)

Answer 9

to use ambiguous language in order to deceive; to avoid committing oneself in what one says

Question 10

solicit (v)

Answer 10

ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone

Question 11

harbinger (n)

Answer 11

a messenger that announces something

Question 12

perturb (v)

Answer 12

to disturb, to worry

Question 13

eviscerate (v)

Answer 13

to gut; to remove one or all organs from the body

Question 14

interim (n)

Answer 14

the intervening time

Question 15

impertinent (adj)

Answer 15

rude and disrespectful

Question 16

supple (adj)

Answer 16

bending or able to be bent easily; changeable, easily adaptable to suit different conditions

Question 17

disheveled (adj)

Answer 17

very untidy

Question 18

haughty (adj)

Answer 18

unfriendly and seeming to consider yourself better than other people

Question 19

sovereignty (n)

Answer 19

autonomy; freedom from external control; autonomous state, power of a country to hold its own government

Question 20

bane (n)

Answer 20

nuisance, pest, curse, irritation; cause of continual distress or unhappiness