C VOCABULARY MACBETH

VALOR Noun Marked courage or bravery “Like valor’s minion carved out his passage” page 308

TREASONS Noun Betrayals of one’s country or oath of loyalty “But treasons capital, confessed and proved “ pg 314

IMPERIAL Adjective Of an empire; having supreme authority “as happy prologues to the swelling act of the imperial theme “ pg 314

LIEGE Noun Lord or king “My liege, they are not yet come back“ pg 315

SOVEREIGN Adjective Supreme in power, rank, or authority “Which shall to all our nights and days to come/ Give solely sovereign sway and masterdom” pg 320

AUGMENT Verb Make greater; enlarge “So I lose none/ In seeking to augment it” pg 328

PALPABLE Adjective Capable of being touched or felt “I see thee yet in form as palpable/ As this which I now draw” pg 328

STEALTHY Adjective Sly “Whose howl’s his watch, thus with his stealthy pace” pg 328

PREDOMINANCE Noun Superiority “Is ‘t night’s predominance, or the day’s shame” pg 338

INDISSOLUBLE Adjective Not able to be dissolved or undone “Command upon me, to which my duties/ Are with a most indissoluble tie/ For ever knit.” pg 343

PARRICIDE Noun The act of killing one’s father, mother or close relative “Their cruel parricide” pg 344

DAUNTLESS Adjective Fearless; Cannot be intimidated “And, to that dauntless temper of his mind” pg 344

JOCUND Adjective Cheerful, Jovial “Then be thou jocund” pg 348

INFIRMITY Noun Physical or mental defect; Illness “I have a strange infirmity” pg 353

TYRANT Noun A sovereign or ruler who uses power oppressively or unjustly “From whom this tyrant holds the due of birth” pg 356

MALEVOLENCE Noun Ill will; Spitefulness “That the malevolence of fortune nothing/ Takes from his high respect” pg 357

PERNICIOUS Adjective Fatal; Deadly “Let this pernicious hour/ Stand aye accursed in the calendar” pg 366

JUDICIOUS Adjective Showing good judgment “He is noble, wise, judicious, and best knows” pg 367

SUNDRY Adjective Various; Miscellaneous “More suffer, and more sundry ways than ever” pg 371

INTEMPERANCE Noun Lack of restraint “Boundless intemperance/ In nature is a tyranny” pg 372

AVARICE Noun Greed “A stanchless avarice” pg 372

PERTURBATION Noun Disturbance “A great perturbation in nature” pg 381

PRISTINE Adjective Original, Unspoiled “And purge it to a sound and pristine health” pg 387

CLAMOROUS Adjective Noisy “Those clamorous harbingers of blood and death” pg 390

HARBINGERS Noun Forerunners “Those clamorous harbingers of blood and death” pg 390