MAcbeth+Vocabulary

//Macbeth// Vocab. Act I


 * Week 1**


 * drama** n. a play with scenes and acts meant to be performed
 * exeunt** v. to exit
 * anon** interjec. at once
 * broil** n. battle
 * unseamed** v. to split open
 * Thane** n. a Scottish title of rank similar to English Earl
 * present** adj. immediate
 * sieve** n. separates wanted elements from unwanted material
 * rapt** v. in a trance
 * corporal** adj. of bodily substance, real


 * Week 2**


 * wanton** adj. unrestrained
 * beguile** v. to deceive
 * chalice** n. cup
 * adage** n. an old proverb
 * quell** v. to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity or to murder

//Macbeth// Vocab. Act II


 * husbandry** n. economy
 * palpable** adj. obvious
 * sensible** adj. tangible
 * suits with** v. matches
 * possets** n. warm drinks, taken at bedtime
 * unbend** v. relax


 * Week 3**

//Macbeth// Vocab. Act III


 * Anagnorisis ** n. the point of a tragedy at which the protagonist recognizes his or her or some other character’s true identity or discovers the true nature of his or her own situation
 * tragic hero ** n. the protagonist in a tragedy – commits an error that leads to his or her defeat


 * gripe** n. grip or control
 * eternal jewel** n. immortal soul
 * seed** n. descendants, offspring
 * file** n. ranks, positions or classes
 * avouch** v. to justify or declare as a matter of fact
 * ecstasy** adj. madness, mental agony
 * worm** n. little snakes
 * admired** v. to be wondered at
 * bent** v. eager, determined
 * cloudy** adj. surly, discourteous


 * Week 4**

//Macbeth// Vocab. Act IV

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 * chaudron** n. entrails, intestines
 * gibbet** n. gallows on which the bodies of criminals were hung as a warning
 * office** n. function
 * bodements** n. prophecies


 * sprites** n. spirits






 * mortal** adj. deadly
 * transpose** v. change
 * teems** v. gives birth to, begins
 * tyranny** n. oppressive power
 * avarice** n. extreme greed for wealth or material gain


 * pernicious** adj. having a harmful effect in a gradual way

IV,3.79 p.233


 * Week 5**

//Macbeth// Vocab. Act V


 * guise** n. costume, disguise
 * mortified** adj. half dead
 * pestered** adv. troubled, bothered
 * taint** v. to be infected
 * shadow** v. conceal
 * arbitrate** v. decide
 * harbingers** n. messengers
 * gently rendered** v. easily surrendered