Macbeth vocab #2

• posterity

• • to reject; to turn down

• • future generations; descendants

• • admirable; deserving of praise; commendable

• • cheerful; jolly; happy

verities

• • to regret, to be sorry; to be remorseful

• • deadly; harmful; destructive

• • cheerful; jolly; happy

• • truths; realities; actualities

barren

• • infertile; unproductive; sterile; unfruitful

• • beaten; defeated; outdone

• • to reject; to turn down

• • a disease; a sickness; an illness; a problem; a difficulty

jovial

• • deadly; harmful; destructive

• • to reject; to turn down

• • cheerful; jolly; happy

• • beaten; defeated; outdone

spurn

• • a disease; a sickness; an illness; a problem; a difficulty

• • determined; stubborn; steadfast; unwavering

• • to reject; to turn down

• 
  strength; courage; resilience; stamina; guts; grit

scorn

• • deadly; harmful; destructive

• • to look down upon; to see as worthless

• • admirable; deserving of praise; commendable

• • strength; courage; resilience; stamina; guts; grit

rue

• • to regret, to be sorry; to be remorseful

• • infertile; unproductive; sterile; unfruitful

• • beaten; defeated; outdone

• • admirable; deserving of praise; commendable

resolute

• • cheerful; jolly; happy

• • a disease; a sickness; an illness; a problem; a difficulty

• • determined; stubborn; steadfast; unwavering

• • infertile; unproductive; sterile; unfruitful

vanquished

• • to reject; to turn down

• • future generations; descendants

• • strength; courage; resilience; stamina; guts; grit

• • beaten; defeated; outdone

laudable

• • infertile; unproductive; sterile; unfruitful

• • admirable; deserving of praise; commendable

• • to reject; to turn down

• • strength; courage; resilience; stamina; guts; grit