macbeth act 1 Flashcards
hurly-burly
(noun)
busy boisterous activity
synonymous chaos commotion
thane
noun
a man who held land granted by the king or by a military nobleman, ranking between an ordinary freeman and a hereditary noble.
whence
adverb
from what place or source.
valor
noun
great courage in the face of danger, especially in battle.
minion,
noun
a follower or underling of a powerful person, especially a servile or unimportant one.
aught,
archaic
anything at all.
prophetic,
adjative
accurately describing or predicting what will happen in the future.
surmise
verb
suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it.
harbinger
noun
a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another.
adage
noun
a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth.
Bellona
roman godess of war
couplet
two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.