"Macbeth" Vocabulary

Meaning of prate (v.).

• to engage in a drunken revel

• to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead

• to speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly

• to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.

Meaning of palpable (adj.).

• capable of being perceived

• not conforming to rule

• having no match or equal.

• having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity.

Meaning of knell (n.).

• a mask for disguise or protection

• the act or process of burning

• a malicious loathsome old woman

• the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death

Meaning of multitudinous (adj.).

• having no match or equal

• too numerous to be counted

• capable of being perceived

• not conforming to rule

Meaning of equivocate (v.).

• to engage in a drunken revel

• to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime

• to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead

• to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex

Meaning of carouse (v.).

• to engage in a drunken revel

• to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.

• to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead

• to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime

Meaning of provoke (v.).

• to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex

• to engage in a drunken revel

• to speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly

• to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead

Meaning of unruly (adj.).

• having no match or equal

• not conforming to rule

• capable of being perceived

• having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity

Meaning of combustion (n.).

• the intention or desire to do evil; ill will

• special honor, exceptional homage

• the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death

• the act or process of burning

Meaning of suborn (v.).

• to speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly

• to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime

• to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead

• to engage in a drunken revel