Macbeth Act 1 vocabulary
Earnest Adjective characterized by a firm belief in the validity of your opinions Synonyms: sincere, solemn, serious Noun: sincerity; solemnity; seriousness And, for an earnest of a greater honour, He bade me, from him, call thee thane of Cawdor.
harbinger Noun something indicating the approach of something or someone Synonyms: foreshadow; precedent I'll be myself the harbinger and make joyful The hearing of my wife with your approach
chastise Verb to punish or severely criticize chastise with the valour of my tongue/All that impedes thee... (1.5.28-9)
surmise Verb to infer with little evidence; guess My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, Shakes so my single state of man that function Is smother'd in surmise, and nothing is But what is not. (1.3.148-153)
trifle Adjective something of little importance or value The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray ’s In deepest consequence.