MACBETH VOCABULARY

Question 1

To describe Macbeth

Nihilistic.

Answer 1

A belief that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.

Question 2

To describe Macbeth.

Volatile.

Answer 2

To change suddenly and unexpectedly or in violent or anger.

Question 3

To describe Macbeth

Morally conflicted

Answer 3

Facing a situation where your moral beliefs or values are in conflict with each other.

Question 4

To describe Macbeth/Lady Macbeth

Regressive

Answer 4

Returning to a less advanced or worse state or way of behaving.

Question 5

To describe Lady Macbeth

Transgressive

Answer 5

Breaks traditional female roles.

Question 6

To describe the witches.

Subversive.

Answer 6

Trouble - making.

Question 7

To describe the witches.

Engimatic.

Answer 7

Difficult to understand or interpret.

Question 8

To describe the witches.

Cryptic

Answer 8

Mysterious or Obsecure.

Question 9

To decribe Macbeth/Lady Macbeth

Pathologically ambitious

Answer 9

dangerously or obsessively ambitious

Question 10

Lady Macbeth

Desensitised

Answer 10

emotionally numb after repeated violence

Question 11

To describe Macbeth

Impetuous

Answer 11

acting quickly without thought

Question 12

To escribe Macbeth/Lady Mcabeth

Psychologically fragmented

Answer 12

mentally unstable or broken

Question 13

To describe Lady Mcabeth

Steely

Answer 13

cold, determined, and unemotional.

Question 14

The witches

Insidious

Answer 14

subtly harmful or deceptive

Question 15

To describe the witches

Diabolical

Answer 15

Devlish

Question 16

Witches

Supernaturally omnisicent.

Answer 16

all-knowing in an unnatural way

Question 17

Analysis

Symbolically potent

Answer 17

rich in meaning.

Question 18

Pernicious.

Answer 18

– causing great harm gradually

Question 19

Disorienting

Answer 19

confusing and unsettling

Question 20

Insidious. [adjective]

Answer 20

describing something subtly harmful or treacherous, like the witches’ influence.

Question 21

Machinations. [noun plural]

Answer 21

ecret or cunning plans, especially those of Lady Macbeth and Macbeth.

Question 22

Inexorable. [adjective]

Answer 22

— impossible to stop or prevent, like fate or Macbeth’s downfall.

Question 23

Perturbation.[noun]

Answer 23

a state of anxiety or unease felt by Macbeth after the prophecy.

Question 24

Ambivalent. [adjective]

Answer 24

having mixed feelings, like Macbeth’s uncertainty about murdering Duncan.

Question 25

Lamentation.[noun]

Answer 25

expressions of sorrow or regret, foreshadowing tragedy.

Question 26

Impeteous.[adjective]

Answer 26

acting quickly without thought, reflecting Macbeth’s rash decisions.

Question 27

Preternatural. [ adjective]

Answer 27

— beyond what is normal or natural, describing the witches’ eerie nature.

Question 28

Conflagartion. [noun]

Answer 28

a large destructive fire, metaphorically used for the chaos that follows.

Question 29

# To describe Scrooge. Impenterable

Answer 29

Emotionally unreachable; resistant to change or feeling.

Question 30

# To desribe Scrooge Reugnant

Answer 30

– Extremely distasteful or offensive.

Question 31

# To decribe Scrooge Impervious

Answer 31

Not affected or influenced by others; emotionally sealed off.

Question 32

# To describe Scrooge Monomanical

Answer 32

Obsessed with a single thing (e.g., money) to a harmful extent.

Question 33

# To describe Scrooge Vitriolic

Answer 33

Filled with bitter criticism or malice.

Question 34

# To describe Fezziwig Munificent

Answer 34

Extremely generous, more than necessary or expected.

Question 35

# To describe Fezziwig Congenial

Answer 35

Pleasantly warm, friendly, and suited to creating a positive atmosphere.

Question 36

# To describe Fezziwig Magnanimous

Answer 36

Noble and forgiving, especially toward someone less powerful.

Question 37

# To decribe the poor Impoverished

Answer 37

Reduced to poverty

Question 38

# To describe the poor Disenfranchised

Answer 38

Deprived of rights, power or respresnetation in society

Question 39

# To describe Scrooge Parsimonious

Answer 39

Very unwilling to spend money to use resources

Question 40

# To describe Scrooge Misanthropist

Answer 40

A person who dislikes human kind and actievely avoids human soiciety.