Broil | battle |
Brandished | waved in a threatening way |
Smack | taste, flavored, chacterized |
Deign | condescend to an answer |
Corporal | affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit |
Interim | the time between one event, process, or period and another |
Harbinger | an indication of the approach of something or someone |
Surcease | an end |
Plague | to trouble |
Hurly-Burly | turmoil, confusion, fighting |
Heath | a tract of level wasteland |
Surmise | (v.) to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; (n.) likely idea that lacks definite proof |
Rapt | wholly absorbed as in thought, preoccupied |
Cleave | come or be in close contact with |
Palpable | capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind |
Knell | the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something |
Surfeited | fed beyond capacity or desire |
Appalls | shocks; horrifies |
Minions | follower or servant |
Invested | officially endowed with authority or power |
Husbandry | careful management |
Incarnadine | blood-red; flesh-colored |
Breached | forcibly broken through or opened up |
Suborned | induced secretly to do an unlawful thing |
Allegiance | (n.) the loyalty or obligation owed to a government, nation, or cause |
Augur | person who makes predictions |
Malice | ill will, desire to harm others |
Incensed | angered at something unjust or wrong |
Adage | proverb, saying |
Parricide | the act of killing one’s father, mother, or other close relative |
Avouch | to declare solemnly the truth of something |
Verities | lasting truth or principles |
Rebuked | to criticize or reprimand somebody |
Oracles | divine communications or revelations |
Unlineal | not in a direct line of descent |
Clept | To call; name |
Utterance | the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication |
Scorched | damaged or discolored by superficial burning:”the scorched blouse tore easily” |
Cloistered | providing privacy or seclusion |
Eminence | high status importance owing to marked superiority |
Rouse | cause to become awake or conscious |
Jocund | full of or showing high-spirited merriment |
Measure | how much there is of something that you can quantify |
Authorized | endowed with authority |
Nonpareil | model of excellence or perfection of a kind |
Avaunt | Go Away! Withdraw! Depart! |
Mischance | an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate |
Speculation | a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence) |
Sprites | ghost, mischievous supernatural beings |
Rue | sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment |
Accursed | adj. Doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune. |
Scepter | a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power |
Thralls | the condition of being enslaved or dominated |
Diminutive | very small |
Avaricious | immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth |
Pernicious | exceedingly harmful |
Perturbation | the act of causing disorder |
Pristine | fresh and clean; uncorrupted |
Dolor | painful grief |
Redress | act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil |
Laudable | worthy of high praise |
Interdiction | a prohibition; the act of forbidding |
Sundry | miscellaneous unspecified objects |
Commend | express approval of |
Assailable | not defended or capable of being defended |
Infinity | Endless or unlimited space, time, or distance |
Malevolence | wishing evil to others |
Macbeth Vocabulary
July 21, 2019