Macbeth Vocab

Carouse

(v) To Drink freely or excessively

Pretense

(n) A claim made or implied; False show

Palpable

(adj) Capable of being touched or felt

Equivocate

(v) To seem to say one thing, but j tend something else; to deceive

Unruly

(adj) Not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed

Repose

(n) State of rest

Divulge

(v) To make known (something, such as a confidence or secret)

Malice

(n) Evil or injurious intent

Dauntless

(adj) Incapable of being intimidated

Fruitless

(adj) Unsuccessful

Sundry

(adj) of various kinds; miscellaneous

Mirth

(n) amusement or merriment, generally expressed in laughter

Affliction

(n) A condition causing suffering or distress

Jovial

(adj) characterized by good-humored cheerful; jolly

Indissoluble

(adj) incapable of being undone, or broken; permanent

Rancor

(n) bitter deep-seated ill will

Antics

(n) an attention-drawing, often wildly playful or funny act or action

Avarice

(n) excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain; greediness

Blaspheme

(v) to speak in a way that shows irreverence for God or something sacred

Sovereignty

(n) supreme power over a body politic; controlling influence

Toil

(n) laborious effort; struggle; battle

Vanquish

(v) to overcome in battle; to defeat in a conflict

Diminutive

(adj) exceptionally or notably small

Conjure

(v) to summon a devil or spirit by invocation or incantation; to practice magical arts

Arbitrate

(v) to settle a dispute (between two groups or people) after hearing arguments and opinions of both sides

Gentry

(n) upper or ruling class

Mar

(v) to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of; spoil

Abhor

(v) to regard with extreme repugnance; to feel hated or loathing for

Usurp

(v) to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc) in possession by force or without right

Recoil

(v) to fall back under pressure; to shrink back physically or emotionally

Censure

(n) a judgment involving condemnation; an official reprimand

Speculative

(adj) marked by questioning curiosity; conjecture rather than knowledge