Macbeth Vocabulary Act 5

What does "avarice" mean?

• A feeling of vague longing

• Extreme greed for wealth or material gain

• Secluded or shut away

• An act of retaliation

What does "cloistered" mean?

• Present everywhere

• Having a harmful effect

• Secluded or shut away; isolated

• Wrongdoing by a public official

What does "diminution" refer to?

• A false display

• The reduction or lessening of something

• An attempt at retaliation

• Extreme greed

What does "inexorable" mean?

• Possible to prevent

• Relentless; impossible to stop or prevent

• False or fake

• Eager to argue

What does "malfeasance" refer to?

• An isolated place

• A harmful effect

• Wrongdoing or misconduct, especially by a public official

• A feeling of regretful longing

What does "pernicious" mean?

• Present everywhere

• Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way

• An act of retaliation

• Eager or quick to fight

What does "pretense" refer to?

• A false display; an attempt to make something appear true

• The reduction of something

• A public official's wrongdoing

• A feeling of vague longing

What does "reprisal" mean?

• A false or fake claim

• An act of retaliation; revenge

• To conjecture or guess

• Secluded or shut away

What does "spurious" mean?

• Present everywhere

• Not being what it purports to be; false or fake

• Relentless and impossible to stop

• An attempt to make something appear true

What does "truculent" refer to?

• Eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant

• A feeling of regretful longing

• Secluded or isolated

• The reduction of something