Lit Macbeth Vocab

Wyrd

(n) Fate or personal destiny

Equivocate

(v) To use ambiguous language to conceal oneself

Harbinger

(n) a person/thing that announces the approach of another being

Regicide

(n) the action of killing a king

Sentinel

(n) soldier/guard whose job is to keep watch

Consancy

(n) the quality of being faithful and dependable

Corporal

(adj) relating to the human body

Compunction

(n) the feeling of guild preventing wrongdoing

Rapt

(adj) fascinated by what one is seeing/hearing

Incredulous

(adj) unwilling or unable to believe what one is seeing or hearing

verity

(n) a true (fundamentalf) principle of belief

Pernicious

(adj) having a harmful effect in a subtle/gradual way

Hoodwink

(v) to decieve or trick

Cherub

A winged, angelic being

Cherubim

Plural of cherub

Blank verse

verse without rhyme or iambic pentameter

Prose

words in ordinary form

Hyperbole

exaggerated statement

Soliloquy

Speech of innermost feelings to the audience

Paradox

Seemingly contradictory statement that, upon further understanding, is true

Apostrophe

exclamatory passage to a person or thing

Motif

recurring theme throughout a text

Leit Motif

An overarching or most valuable motif

Serendipity

(n) the occurence of events by change in a happy/beneficial way

Avaricious

(adj) showing extreme greed for wealth/material gain

Blaspheme

(v) speaking irreverently about God/sacred things

Bait

(v) to deliberately annoy or taunt

Tenuous

(adj) weakly connected

Epicurean

(n) a person devoted to indulgent pleasure, mostly regarding food

Bane

(n) a cause of distress or annoyance

Prowess

(n) bravery in battle

Ague

(n) a fever or shivering fit

Avouch

(v) affirm or assert

Abhor

(v) regard with disgust or hatred