Macbeth Vocab

Question 0

Valor

Answer 0

Bravery

Question 1

Disdain

Answer 1

To look upon or treat with contempt or reject

Question 2

Undaunted

Answer 2

Not discouraged

Question 3

Mettle

Answer 3

Mental and emotional strength; courage

Question 4

Impede

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Slow down by placing obstacles in front of something

Question 5

Prowess

Answer 5

Exceptional bravery or skill

Question 6

Palpable

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Capable of being touched; tangible

Question 7

Pathological

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Caused by disease; unhealthy compulsion

Question 8

Affliction

Answer 8

Distressed or painful state

Question 9

Pernicious

Answer 9

Cause harm or ruin

Question 10

Infirmity

Answer 10

Physical weaknes; lack of strength

Question 11

Sacrilegious

Answer 11

Violating or disrespectful of anything held sacred

Question 12

Tyrant

Answer 12

A cruel and an unjust ruler

Question 13

Usurp

Answer 13

To seize power by force without legal right

Question 14

Treason

Answer 14

The crime of killing government head or trying to overthrow it

Question 15

Regicide

Answer 15

Killing of a king

Question 16

Recompense

Answer 16

Repayment

Question 17

Beguile

Answer 17

To mislead

Question 18

Knell

Answer 18

Sound of a bell rolling slowly

Question 19

Redress

Answer 19

To set right what is done wrong

Question 20

Subterfuge

Answer 20

A trick

Question 21

Paradox

Answer 21

Statement that contradicts itself

Question 22

Thrall

Answer 22

Slave

Question 23

Repentance

Answer 23

Deep sorrow

Question 24

Chastise

Answer 24

To punish

Question 25

Rancor

Answer 25

Bitter resentment

Question 26

Nonpareil

Answer 26

Having no equal; peerless

Question 27

Intemperance

Answer 27

Lack of moderation or restraint

Question 28

Hurly burly

Answer 28

Noisy disorder and confusion

Question 29

Heath

Answer 29

Tract of open wasteland covered with low shrubs

Question 30

Contended

Answer 30

Struggled in rivalry of competition

Question 31

Fantastical

Answer 31

Unrestrained imagination

Question 32

Battlements

Answer 32

A low wall with open spaces for shooting

Question 33

Prate

Answer 33

Talk excessively or foolishly babble

Question 34

Lamenting

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Grief or mourning

Question 35

Repose

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Rest, tranquility

Question 36

Lechery

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Unrestrained indulgence of sexual desire

Question 37

Vaulting

Answer 37

Excessive arrogance

Question 38

Posterity

Answer 38

Future generations

Question 39

Predominant

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Important; powerful

Question 40

Sundry

Answer 40

Various or diverse

Question 41

Jovial

Answer 41

With a hearty, joyous humor

Question 42

Parricide

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Act of killing ones father, mother or close relative; or king

Question 43

Apparition

Answer 43

A ghost

Question 44

Diminutive

Answer 44

Much smaller than average

Question 45

Desolate

Answer 45

Treeless

Question 46

Avarice

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Greed

Question 47

Taint

Answer 47

Stain, spot, blemish

Question 48

Purgative

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Cleansing

Question 49

Perturbation

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Greatly disturbed or distressed

Question 50

Epicure

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Person with refined and cultivated tastes

Question 51

Arbitrate

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Reconcile, to settle differences between

Question 52

Pristine

Answer 52

Having original purity, unspoiled