Bellona Flashcards
Hurly Burly
Definition- busy, boisterous activity.
noun
synonym- commotion
Thane
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a man who held land granted by the king or by a military nobleman, ranking between an ordinary freeman and a hereditary noble.
Noun
synonym- nobleman
Whence
from what place or source.
adverb
synonym- wherefrom
Valor
great courage in the face of danger, especially in battle.
Noun
synonym- bravery
Minion
a follower or underling of a powerful person, especially a servile or unimportant one.
Noun
synonym- lackey
Aught
anything at all
pronoun
synonym- cipher
prophetic
accurately describing or predicting what will happen in the future.
adjective
synonym- far seeing
Surmise
suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it.
verb
synonym- guess
Harbinger
a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another.
noun
synonym- sign
Adage
a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth.
noun
synonym- saying
Bellona
the Roman goddess of war.
synonym- cynthia
Couplet
two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.
Noun
synonym- poem
