macbeth vocab & grammar

Question 1

additional items of dress or equipment carried or worn by a person or used for a particular activity, noun

Answer 1

accouterments

Question 2

to wrong or hurt someone, verb

Answer 2

aggrieve

Question 3

to be false/fake, adjective

Answer 3

apocryphal

Question 4

to waste away, disintegrating/ the process of wasting away, verb

Answer 4

atrophy

Question 5

irritable, bad tempered, adjective

Answer 5

choleric

Question 6

to agree/correspond/conform, verb

Answer 6

comport

Question 7

to bring something together or assemble, verb

Answer 7

convene

Question 8

to disturb or agitate, verb

Answer 8

disconcert

Question 9

effectiveness, capability, productiveness, noun

Answer 9

efficacy

Question 10

judicious, worthwhile, appropriate, adjective

Answer 10

expedient

Question 11

an idolized figure, noun

Answer 11

icon

Question 12

composed, assured, noun

Answer 12

imperturbable

Question 13

[currently] developing (the beginning of something), adjective

Answer 13

incipient

Question 14

a small step of something towards the final product, noun

Answer 14

increment

Question 15

to interrupt or intervene, verb

Answer 15

interpose

Question 16

lifeless or dull, adjective

Answer 16

lacklust

Question 17

silliness,absurdity, giddiness, noun

Answer 17

levity

Question 18

authoritarian, noun

Answer 18

martinet

Question 19

a small amount, noun

Answer 19

modicum

Question 20

to horrify and terrify, verb

Answer 20

mortify

Question 21

the outside of something, noun,

Answer 21

periphery

Question 22

unemotional/apathetic, adjective

Answer 22

phlegmatic

Question 23

extremely large, smart, or wondrous, adjective

Answer 23

prodigious

Question 24

bias, predilection, noun

Answer 24

propensity

Question 25

to say or do again (or to emphasize), verb

Answer 25

reiterate

Question 26

aloof, apathetic, detached (potentially philosophic), adjective

Answer 26

stoic

Question 27

practical, efficient, adjective

Answer 27

utilitarian

Question 28

to go back and forth, verb

Answer 28

vacillate

Question 29

alive or colorful, adjective

Answer 29

vibrant

Question 30

enthusiastic, adjective

Answer 30

zealous

Question 31

definition of parallel structure

Answer 31

using the same form of repeating ideas so each idea is levied of the same importance (can happen at word, clause or phrase)

Question 32

things to look for when applying & identifying parallel structure

Answer 32

1) using the same structure on both sides of a coordinating conjunction 2) keep the members of a series (listed things) in the same construction 3) keep the members of a list in the same construction

Question 33

gerunds phrase

Answer 33

a phrase that consists of a preposition and object of preposition ex. the dog went up the tree, around the bush, an into the house