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"Macbeth" Vocabulary

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Meaning of prate (v.).

a)

to engage in a drunken revel

b)

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

c)

to speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly

d)

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

2.

Meaning of palpable (adj.).

a)

capable of being perceived

b)

not conforming to rule

c)

having no match or equal.

d)

having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity.

3.

Meaning of knell (n.).

a)

a mask for disguise or protection

b)

the act or process of burning

c)

a malicious loathsome old woman

d)

the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death

4.

Meaning of multitudinous (adj.).

a)

having no match or equal

b)

too numerous to be counted

c)

capable of being perceived

d)

not conforming to rule

5.

Meaning of equivocate (v.).

a)

to engage in a drunken revel

b)

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

c)

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

d)

to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex

6.

Meaning of carouse (v.).

a)

to engage in a drunken revel

b)

to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.

c)

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

d)

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

7.

Meaning of provoke (v.).

a)

to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex

b)

to engage in a drunken revel

c)

to speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly

d)

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

8.

Meaning of unruly (adj.).

a)

having no match or equal

b)

not conforming to rule

c)

capable of being perceived

d)

having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity

9.

Meaning of combustion (n.).

a)

the intention or desire to do evil; ill will

b)

special honor, exceptional homage

c)

the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death

d)

the act or process of burning

10.

Meaning of suborn (v.).

a)

to speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly

b)

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

c)

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

d)

to engage in a drunken revel

11.

Meaning of malice (n.).

a)

the intention or desire to do evil; ill will

b)

special honor, exceptional homage

c)

a mask for disguise or protection

d)

a malicious loathsome old woman

12.

Meaning of eminence (n.).

a)

a mask for disguise or protection

b)

the act or process of burning

c)

special honor, exceptional homage

d)

the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death

13.

Meaning of vizard (n.).

a)

a malicious loathsome old woman

b)

a mask for disguise or protection

c)

the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death

d)

the act or process of burning

14.

Meaning of nonpareil (adj.).

a)

having no match or equal

b)

too numerous to be counted

c)

having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity

d)

capable of being perceived

15.

Meaning of blanch (v.).

a)

to speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly

b)

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

c)

to make pale by extracting color

d)

to engage in a drunken revel

16.

Meaning of avaunt (adv.).

a)

lonely

b)

away

c)

quietly

d)

rapidly

17.

Meaning of beldams (n.).

a)

the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death

b)

a malicious loathsome old woman

c)

the act or process of burning

d)

the intention or desire to do evil; ill will

18.

Meaning of pious (adj.).

a)

too numerous to be counted

b)

not conforming to rule

c)

having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity

d)

capable of being perceived

19.

Synonym(s) of prate (v.).

a)

dodge

b)

ramble

c)

rant

d)

drivel

20.

Synonym(s) of palpable (adj.).

a)

perceptible

b)

discernable

c)

abundant

d)

tangible

21.

Synonym(s) of knell (n.).

a)

resounding

b)

toll

c)

reverberation

d)

hag

22.

Synonym(s) of multitudinous (adj.).

a)

abundant

b)

numerous

c)

tangible

d)

many

23.

Synonym(s) of equivocate (v.).

a)

dodge

b)

rant

c)

fib

d)

fudge

24.

Synonym(s) of carouse (v.).

a)

dodge

b)

drink

c)

quaff

d)

imbibe

25.

Synonym(s) of provoke (v.).

a)

drink

b)

enrage

c)

aggrevate

d)

irk

26.

Synonym(s) of unruly (adj.).

a)

numerous

b)

ungovernable

c)

lawless

d)

discernable

27.

Synonym(s) of combustion (n.).

a)

ignition

b)

spite

c)

disturbance

d)

agitation

28.

Synonym(s) of suborn (v.).

a)

incite

b)

instigate

c)

ramble

d)

rant

29.

Synonym(s) of malice (n.).

a)

prestige

b)

spite

c)

animosity

d)

hostility

30.

Synonym(s) of eminence (n.).

a)

prestige

b)

mask

c)

distinction

d)

crone

31.

Synonym(s) of vizard (n.).

a)

guise

b)

mask

c)

camouflage

d)

distinction

32.

Synonym(s) of nonpareil (adj.).

a)

many

b)

unequaled

c)

lawless

d)

unrivaled

33.

Synonym(s) of blanch (v.).

a)

ramble

b)

wan

c)

rant

d)

fib

34.

Synonym(s) of avaunt (adv.).

a)

stay

b)

quiet

c)

begone

d)

leave

35.

Synonym(s) of beldams (n.).

a)

crone

b)

hag

c)

toll

d)

ignition

36.

Synonym(s) of pious (adj.).

a)

tangible

b)

abundant

c)

devout

d)

righteous