Macbeth Act 4 Vocabulary

(adj) cruel; harsh; heartless 

• brutal
• cauldron
• cavern
• deceitful

(n) a very large pot that is used for boiling 

• eternal
• cauldron
• hag
• snare

(n) a large cave or a large chamber in a cave

• hemlock
• snare
• cavern
• toil

(adj) misleading; not truthful 

• virtuous
• brutal
• cauldron
• deceitful

(n) a term that describes existing without a beginning and forever 

• eternal
• hag
• snare
• toil

(n) an ugly, slatternly, or evil-looking old woman

• toil
• virtuous
• cavern
• hag

(n) an evergreen tree with soft wood; a type of poisonous plant that has small white flowers 

• brutal
• snare
• hemlock
• virtuous

(v) to trap, catch; (n) a trap or entanglement 

• snare
• cauldron
• cavern
• hemlock

(v) to work hard

• brutal
• deceitful
• toil
• virtuous

(adj) having or showing high moral standards

• brutal
• eternal
• virtuous
• hemlock