Transcript Macbeth Vocabulary

MACBETH VOCABULARY
LOOK UP THE PART OF SPEECH AND
DEFINITION FOR EACH WORD
English 12
Mrs. Kidd
ACT I
Furbished (scene ii, line 32)
 Prophetic (scene iii, line 78)
 Surmise (scene iii, line 141)
 Liege (scene iv, line 3)
 Chastise (scene v, line 28)
 Metaphysical (scene v, line 30)
 Sovereign (scene v, line 72)
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Furbished – adj.: brightened; polished
 Prophetic - adj.: having the power to predict or
foreshadow
 Surmise - v.: to form an opinion from inconclusive
evidence
 Liege – n.: lord or king
 Chastise - v.: to condemn sharply; scold
 Metaphysical – adj.: very abstract
 Sovereign – adj.: supreme in power, rank, or
authority
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ACT II VOCABULARY
Augment (scene I, line 27)
 Palpable (scene I, line 40)
 Stealthy (scene I, line 54)
 Multitudinous (scene ii, line 61)
 Equivocate (scene iii, line 11)
 Anointed (scene iii, line 69)
 Predominance (scene iv, line 8)
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ACT III VOCABULARY
Indissoluble (scene I, line 17)
 Dauntless (scene I, line 52)
 Jocund (scene ii, line 40)
 Infirmity (scene iv, line 87)
 Malevolence (scene vi, line 28)
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ACT IV VOCABULARY
pernicious (scene I, line 133)
 Judicious (scene ii, line 16)
 Sundry (scene iii, line 48)
 Intemperance (scene iii, line 66)
 Avarice (scene iii, line 66)
 Credulous (scene iii, line 120)
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ACT V VOCABULARY
Perturbation (scene iv, line 9)
 Pristine (scene iv, line 53)
 Clamorous (scene vi, line 10)
 Harbingers (scene vi, line 10)
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