Macbeth Act 1 Vocabulary

Question 1

Hurly-burly

Answer 1

busy, boisterous activity.

Synonym: Bustle

Question 2

Thane

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Whence

Answer 3

from which; from where.

Synonym: Thence

Question 4

Valor

Answer 4

Quality or set of qualities by which a person or thing is appreciated or well considered.

Synonym: courage

Question 5

Minion

Answer 5

a follower or underling of a powerful person, especially a servile or unimportant one.

Synonym: Follower

Question 6

aught

Answer 6

anything at all.

synonym: cipher, cipher .

Question 7

prophetic

Answer 7

1.accurately describing or predicting what will happen in the future.
“his warnings proved prophetic”
2. relating to or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy.
“the prophetic books of the Old Testament”

Synonym: prescient, predictive.

Question 8

Surmise

Answer 8

suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it.
“he surmised that something must be wrong”

Synonym: guess, conjecture, suspect.

Question 9

harbinger

Answer 9

a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another.
“witch hazels are the harbingers of spring”

Synonym: herald, sign, indicator.

Question 10

adage

Answer 10

a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth.
“the old adage “out of sight out of mind.””

Synonym: saying, maxim.

Question 11

Bellona

Answer 11

the Roman goddess of war