Macbeth Vocabulary Quiz

What does “equivocate” mean as used in the Porter’s scene

What does “surmise” mean in “my thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical”

What does “rebellious” mean when describing the Thane of Cawdor

What does “posterity” mean in Macbeth’s fear of Banquo’s heirs

What does “sovereign” mean when Lady Macbeth speaks of the crown

What does “fortitude” mean in Macbeth’s praise of courage

What does “usurper” mean when Malcolm calls Macbeth one

What does “harbinger” mean in “the raven himself is hoarse that croaks the fatal entrance”

What does “abhorred” mean when Macduff speaks of Macbeth

What does “benison” mean when the Old Man speaks

What does “entreat” mean when Macbeth asks the witches to speak

What does “pernicious” mean in “by the pricking of my thumbs”

What does “chastise” mean in Lady Macbeth’s speech

What does “mettle” mean when Lady Macbeth says Macbeth has it too mild

What does “clamorous” mean describing the sounds of battle

What does “dauntless” mean in Macbeth’s praise of Banquo

What does “valor” mean when used to describe Macbeth

What does “compunctious” mean in “compunctious visitings of nature”

What does “avouch” mean in Macbeth’s speech to the murderers

What does “malevolence” mean when used by Lennox

What does “credulous” mean when Malcolm tests Macduff

What does “imperial” mean in reference to Duncan

What does “augury” mean in the context of prophecy

What does “sacrilegious” mean in Macduff’s reaction to Duncan’s murder

What does “multitudinous” mean in “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean”

What does “thane” mean in Macbeth

What does “purge” mean in Malcolm’s closing speech

What does “apparition” mean in Act 4

What does “bounteous” mean in Malcolm’s description of Duncan

What does “fiend” mean in “this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen”