Macbeth Act 1

Question 1

hurly-burly

Answer 1

(noun)
busy, boisterous activity
Synonym: chaos, confusion, disorder

Question 2

thane

Answer 2

(noun)
a man, often the chief of a clan, who held land from a Scottish king and ranked with an earl’s son.
lord, citizen, nobleman, noble

Question 3

whence

Answer 3

(adverb)
from which; to where
wherefrom, from where, whither, from what place, thence, from what origin and thither.

Question 4

valor

Answer 4

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

Question 5

minion

Answer 5

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

Question 6

aught

Answer 6

pronoun
anything at all
anything

Question 7

prophetic

Answer 7

(adjective)
accurately describing or predicting what will happen in the future.
far-seeing,

Question 8

surmise

Answer 8

(verb)
suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it.
guess, suspect, infer

Question 9

harbinger

Answer 9

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

Question 10

adage

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Bellona

Answer 11

an ancient Roman goddess

Question 12

couplet

Answer 12

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