Macbeth Flashcards
(21 cards)
Suborned
To bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime
Augment
To make larger in size,strength and number
Countenance
Expression of face
Consort
A husband/wife/spouse especially of a reigning monarch
Dauntless
Not to be intimidated
Appall
To overcome with horror/fear
Plight
A condition,state,or situation,especially an unfavorable or unfortunate one- perdiciment
Scruples
A moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraint force or inhibits certain actions
Minion
A server who follow someone in power
Avarice
Greed
Cleave
To adhere closely; stick; cling; to remain faithful
Rebuke
To express sharp disapproval
Surmise
To think of infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess
Palpable
Readily or plainly seen/heard, touchable
Couriers
A messenger usually traveling in haste
Corporal
Of the human body; bodily; physical
Equivocate
To use ambiguous or unclear expression, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate
Beguile
To influence by trickery
Chastise
To punish severely
Harbinger
Anything that foreshadows a future event; a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another
Carousing
To engage in a drunken revel; to drink frequently and heavily
