| Disdaining | to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn. to think unworthy of notice, response, etc.; considerbeneath oneself. |
| Minion | a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power. |
| Golgotha | the place of dead men’s skulls; where Jesus was crucified. |
| Thane | a title used in Scotland as the equivalent of “baron;” a person, ranking with an earl’s son, holdinglands of the king; the chief of a clan, who became one of the king’s barons. |
| Rapt | transported with emotion; enraptured; deeply engrossed or absorbed |
| corporal | of the human body; bodily; physical. |
| Trifles | a matter, affair, or circumstance of trivial importance or significance. a small, inconsiderable, or trifling sum of money. |
| Surmise | an idea or thought of something as being possible or likely. A conjecture or opinion. |
| Wrought | elaborated; embellished. Produced or shaped by beating with a hammer, as iron or silver articles. |
| Liege | a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service. A feudal vassal or subject. |
| Recompense | a remuneration or reward, as for services, aid, or the like. compensation, as for an injury, wrong, etc |
| Harbinger | a person who signals the approach of another. |
| Peerless | having no equal; matchless; unrivaled. A person who stands out. |
| Chastise | rebuke, to discipline, restrain, also inflict punishment on. |
| Impedes | to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles orhindrances; obstruct; hinder. |
| Metaphysical | supernatural |
| Direst | causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible. Urgent; desperate |
| Compunctions | causing or feeling regretful, remorse, or contrition. |
| Beguile | to influence by trickery, flattery; to deceive. |
| Frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| Contend | to strive in rivalry; compete; vie. To struggle in opposition |
| Surcease | completion, death, or assassination. |
| Vaulting | reaching or stretching for the heights. |
| Mettle | spirit, courage and fortitude |
| Husbandry | careful use of resources, frugality. |
| Largess | gifts or tips; generous bestowal of gifts. |
| Entreat | to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg, to find. |
| Cleave | to adhere closely; stick; cling. Adhere, support, join. |
| Repos | to lie at rest; to remain still or concealed; to lie dead. |
| Palpable | real (adj) |
| Sentinel | a person or thing that watches (n) |
| Prate | to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble (v) |
| Surfeited | over indulged (v) |
| Confounds | ruins (v) |
| Incarnadine | to make a fleshy pink color (v) |
| Beelzebub | the chief devil; Satin (n) |
| Lechery | excessive indulgence in sexual desire (n) |
| Equivocator | a person who uses ambiguous or unclear expressions usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead (n) |
| Obscure | lacking in light or illumination, dark (adj) |
| Countenance | to agree or favor, encourage (v) |
| Scruples | suspicions (n) |
| Malice | the desire to harm others or to see other suffer (n) |
| Sovereignty | the supremacy of authority or rule (n) |
| Benison | blessing (n) |
| Verities | something that is true (n) |
| Indissoluble | firm or stable (adj) |
| Parricide | the act of killing one’s close relative (n) |
| Probation | the act of testing (n) |
| Predominant | having greatest importance (adj) |
| Bounteous | freely bestowing (adj) |
| Subtle | cunning, wily or crafty (n) |
| Avouch | to admit; confess (v) |
| Sundry | various or diverse (adj) |
| Grapple | to seize, hold, or fasten (v) |
| Jocund | cheerful; merry (adj) |
| Mirth | gaiety or jollity (n) |
| Acheron | a river in the underworld Hades (n) |
| Spurn | to treat with contempt; despise (v) |
| Malevolence | the quality, state or feeling of being evil (n) |
| Homage | something done or given in acknowledgement or consideration of the worth of another (n) |
| Gall | the humor associated with envy and hatred; something bitter to endure |
Acts 1-3 Macbeth Vocabulary
September 12, 2019