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)
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
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)
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)
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)
Act V Vocabulary Perturbation (scene iv, line 9) Pristine (scene iv, line 53) Clamorous (scene vi, line 10) Harbingers (scene vi, line 10)