Macbeth Act 2 - 3 Vocab

Husbandry

thrift

Summons

Weariness

Wrought

created

Franchised

Free (from guilt)

Allegiance

Fidelity, obligation

Palpable

Able to be felt

Ravishing

Unusually attractive, pleasing

Multitudinous

Existing in great numbers

Incarnadine

Redden (make red)

Constancy

Firmness of purpose

Equivocate

To use words that have 2 or more meanings to purposely mislead or decive

Carousing

Engaging in dissolute behavior (indulging in things deemed as vices)

Lechery

Indulgence in sexual activity

Undivulged

Hidden

Pretense

Purpose

Malice

Intent to commit harm or an unlawful act

Predominance

The condition of having superior strength, influence, or authority

Sovereignty

supreme power

Predecessors

Things or people who came before

Posterity

Offspring; future generations

Indissoluble

Not able to be undone or dissolved

Parricide

The act of killing a parent or other near relative

Dauntless

Fearless; cannot be intimidated

Rebuked

Frightened

Rancors

(ruined) bitter, deep-seated ill will

Predominant

Foremost; powerful

Bounteous

Giving

Sundry

Many, various kinds

Affliction

Pain

Malice

Intent to commit an unlawful act (war)

Jocund

cheerful; jovial

Infirmity

physical or mental defect illness

Speculation

Sight

Tedious

Tiresome

Contriver

schemer

Pious

Dutiful (loyal reverence); hypocritical

Malevolence

ill will; spitefulness

Exasperated

Enraged