Macbeth Vocabulary

to stick to, remain attached or agree

• deter

• adhere

• optimist

• lag

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which word means: 
"to make peace with"

• appease
• liberate
• prodigious
• ransack

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

To wave or exhibit something in a dramatic or threatening way.

• brackish

• brandish

• bluff

• aplomb

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Showing fearlessness and determination

• dauntless
• grotesque
• ornate
• melancholy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"Learn from the ____ of your ways"

• vast
• err
• rigorous
• impurities

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

to cleanse or remove something

• purge

• grapple

• surmise

• meek

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Good judgment

• pedantic

• judicious

• predictable

• signify

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

having or showing a quiet and gentle nature; not wanting to fight or argue with other people

• pride
• humiliation
• meek
• somberly

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the definition of the word "merciless"?

• to cover as by water

• lacking compassion or forgiveness, cruel, harsh

• a natural impulse, especially in animals, which leads them to act without conscious thought. Unlearned behavior.

• one who herds cows or horses

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

cleanse, forgive, absolve

• prodigious
• chaste
• purge
• exquisite

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4