Macbeth Vocabulary

Write twenty sentences for the following twenty vocabulary words-

Prophetic (adj)- predictive; presageful or portentous; ominous

Surfeit (n)- excess; an excessive amount

Scruple (n)- a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.

Predominant (adj)- having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others;preeminent.

Pernicious (adj) - causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful

Avarice (n) - insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth.

Antidote (n)- a medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc.

Lament (v)- to feel or express sorrow or regret.

Entreat (v)- to ask for as a gift, as charity, or as a favor

Augment (v)- to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent

Auger (n)- a boring tool, similar to but larger than a gimlet, consisting of a bit rotated by a

transverse handle.

Avouch (v)- to make frank acknowledgment or affirmation of; declare or assert with positiveness.

Jocund (adj)- cheerful; merry; gay; blithe; glad.

Blaspheme (v)- to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).

Confound (v)- to perplex or amaze, especially by a sudden disturbance or surprise; bewilder; confuse.

Dolor (n)- sorrow; grief.

Perturb (v)- to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.

Guise (n)- general external appearance; aspect; semblance

Divine (adj)- of or pertaining to a god, especially the Supreme Being.

Usurp (v)- to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right