Macbeth L Flashcards

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hurly burly

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noun
busy, boisterous activity.
bustle,hustle,chaos

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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.
lord, citizen, nobleman,

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valor

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

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aught

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pronoun
anything at all.
anything at all.

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minion

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

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prophetic

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adjective
accurately describing or predicting what will happen in the future
prescient,predictive,prophetical

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surmise

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verb
suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it.
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.
signal,omen,augury

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adage

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noun
a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth.
saying,maxim,motto

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whence

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adverb
from what place or source.
what place, thence, thither.

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Bellona

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noun
the Roman goddess of war.

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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.
poem, verse, blank-verse

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