Posterity | Future generations; descendants (n) |
Verity/ verities | (N) A truth |
Oracle | (N) a medium to a god; Godly announcement |
Sennet | Trumpet entrance |
Indissoluble | Everlasting; can’t be destroyed |
Parricide | Murder of a parent or parental figure |
Adieu | Goodbye |
Sirrah | Address a man or boy of lower status; contemptuous term |
Dauntless | Unflinching |
Rebuke | To scold |
Scepter | Highly decorated staff or rod |
Rancor | An Ill-will or bitterness |
Probation | Trial period |
Cur | An aggressive dog, a contemptible man |
Grapple | To wrestle literally or figuratively |
Vile | Morally wicked, atrocious, disgusting, heinous, reprehensible |
Buffet | A punch; to batter |
Incensed | Livid, enraged |
Avouch | To affirm or assert, |
Sundry | Assorted, of various kinds, miscellaneous, diverse |
Botch/ botches | Error, to mismanage |
Anon | Soon, shortly |
Abide | To dwell; to tolerate; to comply |
Naught | Nothing, of no point or purpose |
Malice | Evil, rancor, spite, malevolence |
Jovial | Jolly, genial, |
Eminence | Fame; VIP; elevation |
Vizard | A mask or disguise |
Jocund | Cheerful |
Cloister | A monastery, the monastic life |
Peal | Ringing of a bell |
Drowse | To dose, nap |
Rouse | To awaken, startle, provoke |
Apace | Swiftly, briskly |
Mingle | To socialize, mix, blend |
Mirth | Merriment |
Nonpareil | Peerless, incomparable |
Gory | Bloody, macabre |
Appall | To horrify, disgust, sicken |
Kite | A large bird of prey |
Purge | The removal of that which is unwanted |
Weal | A red mark left from a blow |
Avaunt | Be gone! |
Blanch | To pale from shock |
Augur | To predict, one who observes |
Pious | Devoutly religious |
Malevolence | Malice ill will |
Homage | Adulation, tribute, panegyric |
Pine | To yearn for, languish |
Rue | Bitterly regret |
Macbeth Act 3 Vocabulary
August 21, 2019