Macbeth Act 1 Flashcards

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Hurly Burly

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(noun)
Busy, boisterous activities

Synonym - Chaos, Confusion, or Disorder

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Belone

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(noun)
Roman Goddess of War

Synonym - Sister of Mars.

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Thane

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(noun)
a man who held land granted by the king or by a military nobleman, ranking between an ordinary freeman and a hereditary noble.

Synonym - lord, citizen, nobleman, noble.

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Whence

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(adverb)
from what place or source

Synonym - wherefrom, from where, whither

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Valor

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(noun)
great courage in the face of danger, especially in battle.

Synonym - bravery, courage, fearlessness

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Minion

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(noun)
a follower or underling of a powerful person, especially a servile or unimportant one

Synonym - underling, henchmen, lackey

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Aught

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(pronoun)
anything at all

Synonym - anything, cipher, absence

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Prophetic

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(adjective)
accurately describing or predicting what will happen in the future

Synonym - prescient, predictive, far-seeing

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Surmise

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(verb)
suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it.

Synonym - guess, conjecture, suspect

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Harbinger

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(noun)
a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another.

Synonym - herald, sign, indicator

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Adage

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(noun)
a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth.

Synonym - saying, maxim, proverb

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Couplet

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(noun)
two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.

Synonym - doublet, poem, verse

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