macbeth vocab

augment

(verb) to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense

s: increase, expand, accelerate, boost, enhance

a: reduce, decrease, diminish, lessen, abate

balm

(noun) an aromatic preparation (such as a healing ointment)

s: scent, fragrance, aroma, perfume, incense

a: stench, stink, reek, fetor, malodor

carouse

(verb) to drink liquor freely or excessively

s: drunk, spree, binge, bender, wassail

clamor

(noun) a loud continuous noise

or (verb) to become loudly insistent

s: roar, noise, howl, outcry, hubbub

a: murmur, rumble, silence, still, quiet

consort

(noun) associate

s: group, grouping, bunch, batch, band

a: individual

corporal

(adj) of, relating to, or affecting the body

s: physical, bodily, corporeal, somatic, animal

a: psychological, mental, cerebral, intellectual, inner

deign

(verb) to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved

s: stoop, condescend, humble, humiliate, shame

a: rise

equivocate

(verb) to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive

s: weasel, shake, dodge, hedge, evade

flout

(verb) to treat with contemptuous disregard

s: disregard, despise, forget, dismiss, scorn

a: accept, use, approve

harbinger

(noun) something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come

s: herald, forerunner, precursor, sign, symptom

jocund

(adj) marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness

s: merry, jolly, festive, cheerful, mirthful

a: melancholy, sad, sorrowful, unhappy, blue

largess / largesse

(noun) liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior

s: generosity, gift, contribution, bestowal, grant

a: loan, advance, sop, bribe, peace offering

mettle

(noun) vigor and strength of spirit or temperament

s: strength, stamina, power, courage, grit

a: cowardice, timidity, spinelessness, fearfulness, weakness

palpable

(adj) capable of being touched or felt

s: tangible, distinguishable, audible, noticeable, perceptible

a: invisible, intangible, indistinguishable, imperceptible, insensible

plight

(verb) to put or give in pledge

or (noun) a solemnly given pledge

or (noun) an unfortunate, difficult, or precarious situation

s: promise, vow, predicament, troth, affiance

a: renege

posterity

(noun) the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation

s: offspring, progeny, fruit, family, seed

purveyor

(noun) one that supplies

s: supplier, provider, trader, distributor, purchaser

recompense

(verb) to give something to by way of compensation (as for a service rendered or damage incurred)

s: compensate, pay, repay, reimburse, remunerate

a: stiff

sacrilegious

(adj) committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object

s: atheistical, blasphemous, impious, irreverent, secular

a: pious, reverent, religious, holy, devout

scruples

(noun) a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce

or (noun) an ethical consideration or principle that inhibits action (doubt)

s: sprinklings, little, hints, glimmers, splashes

a: quantities, masses, loads, piles, bushels

sentinel

(noun) guard

s: guardian, warden, keeper, sentry, watchman

suborn

(verb) to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing

surmise

(noun) a thought or idea based on scanty evidence

or could be a verb

s: conjecture, guess, theory, hypothesis, supposition

a: proof, establish, demonstrate

valiant

(adj) possessing or acting with bravery or boldness

s: courageous, brave, gallant, heroic, fearless

a: cowardly, craven, dastardly, yellow, timid

venture

(verb) to proceed especially in the face of danger

s: gamble, speculation, chance, adventure, enterprise

a: sure thing