Macbeth: Act I Vocabulary
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Plight: predicament
Brandished: to wave in the air
Rapt: absorbed in thought
Corporal: bodily (of the body)
Surmised: imagine; guess
Peerless: unequaled
Chastise: punish
Impedes: prevents
Chalice: cup
Recompense: reimbursement
Macbeth: Act II Vocabulary
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Augment: increase in size
Repose: rest
Prate: talk on and on
Palpable: touchable
Surfeit: excessive amount
Temperate: calm; even tempered
Unruly: wild; untamed
Entreat: plead for
Undivulged: unrevealed
Consort: associate; cohort
Macbeth Act III Vocabulary
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Verity: truth
Dauntless: fearless:
Valor: bravery
Incensed: angered
Bounteous: generous amount
Sundry: varied
Jocund: merry
Blanched: turned white
Profound: very deep
Malevolence: ill feeling
Macbeth: Act IV Vocabulary
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Abjure: deny; renounce
Gibbet: gallows (device people were
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Pernicious: destructive
Sear: burn
Diminutive: tiny
Judicious: wise
Cistern: reservoir
Desolate: alone
Redress: make amends for
Discern: detect
Macbeth Act V Vocabulary
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Perturbation: agitation
Murky: dark; gloomy
Recoil: pull back in a startled manner
Sere: withered
Upbraid: scold
Direness: evil
Tarry: linger
Clamorous: noisy
Abhor: loathe; hate
Prowess: courage