English 10H - Macbeth - Act 2 Vocab

Quiz - 11/1/24

Augment

Augment

Verb - To make greater, enlarge

Palpable

Adjective - Capable of being felt or touched

Stealthy

Adjective - Acting in a sneaky or secretive manner, sly

Multitudinous

Adjective - Existing in great numbers

Regicide

Noun - Murder of a king or monarch

Equivocate

Verb - To attempt to mislead, or hide the truth

Predominance

Noun - Superiority

Allegiance

Noun - Loyalty or the obligation of loyalty to a nation, a cause, etc.

Largess

Noun - Generosity in terms of gift-giving

Dishearten

Verb - To weaken or destroy one's hope

Minion

Noun - A follower who is very eager to please his superior

Orator

Noun - An especially skilled public speaker

Surfeit

Noun - An excessive amount of something

Verb - To feed or supply to the point of disgust

Unruly

Adjective - Disorderly and disruptive, not amenable to discipline or control

Countenance

Noun - A person's face or facial expression

Consort

Noun - A wife, husband or companion, esp. the spouse of a reigning monarch

Verb - To associate often with someone, usually with the disapproval of others

Benison

Noun - A blessing

Lechery

Noun - Lustfulness, excessive sexual desire

Cleave

Verb - To split, sever, or divide (usually used in discussion relating to wood)

Ravish

Verb - To seize and carry off by force: to fill someone with intense delight, enrapture

Exemplify

Verb - To show or illustrate by example; to serve as an example

Ambiguous

Adjective - Having more than one possible meaning; not expressed clearly

Allegory

Noun - A literary or visual work that uses symbolic figures, actions, or objects to make a larger point about life