Macbeth Quiz 1

Acheron

Hell; one of the rivers in Hades.

Apparition

A ghost or ghostlike image of a person or animal. 

Augur

To foresee or predict the future. 

Berate

To scold or criticize angrily.

Bodements

Omens; a herald. 

Compunction

Feeling of guilt or moral scruple that follows a crime or sin. 

Dichotomy

A division or contrast between two things that have polar or opposite qualities (e.g. good and bad, fair and foul). 

Dramatic irony

A type of irony, in which the significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience but unknown to the character.

Dudgeon

Ill humor; a deep resentment; a state of intense indignation. 

Effect

As a verb: to bring about or cause something to happen. (Compare with affect: to have an influence on or to make a difference to someone or something.)