Vocabulary Words #3 Macbeth   posterity- future generations; all of a person’s descendants prattle- to talk or chatter idly or meaninglessly; babble or prate profundity- great depth; depth of intellect; profound knowledge purveyors- those who furnish provisions; those who provide or procure quell- to put down forcibly; suppress; to put down a disturbance rancor- bitter long lasting resentment; enmity; bitter deep-seated ill will rend- to tear or split apart into two pieces violently sanctify- to set apart for sacred use; consecrate; to purify searing- to char, scorch, or burn the surface of with or as if with a hot instrument; causing to wither or to dry up sieve- a utensil for sifting or straining sovereign- one that exercises supreme, permanent authority; possessed of controlling power spurn- to reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn surfeited- to feed or supply to excess, satiety, or disgust tidings- information or news usurp- to seize and hold; to take possession or authority over something without right utter- complete, absolute, entire; to express by speaking vanquished- to defeat or conquer in battle; overpowered wanton- immoral or unchaste; lewd warranted- justification for an action or belief; justified