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Vocabulary

Vocabulary. MACBETH. VALOR. Noun Marked courage or bravery “Like valor’s minion carved out his passage” page 308. TREASONS. Noun Betrayals of one’s country or oath of loyalty “But treasons capital, confessed and proved “ pg 314. IMPERIAL. Adjective

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Vocabulary

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  1. Vocabulary MACBETH

  2. VALOR • Noun • Marked courage or bravery • “Like valor’s minion carved out his passage” page 308

  3. TREASONS • Noun • Betrayals of one’s country or oath of loyalty • “But treasons capital, confessed and proved “ pg 314

  4. IMPERIAL • Adjective • Of an empire; having supreme authority • “as happy prologues to the swelling act of the imperial theme “ pg 314

  5. LIEGE • Noun • Lordorking • “My liege, they are not yet come back“ pg 315

  6. SOVEREIGN • Adjective • Supreme in power, rank, or authority • “Which shall to all our nights and days to come/ Give solely sovereign sway and masterdom” pg 320

  7. AUGMENT • Verb • Make greater; enlarge • “So I lose none/ In seeking to augment it” pg 328

  8. PALPABLE • Adjective • Capable of being touched or felt • “I see thee yet in form as palpable/ As this which I now draw” pg 328

  9. STEALTHY • Adjective • Sly • “Whose howl’s his watch, thus with his stealthy pace” pg 328

  10. PREDOMINANCE • Noun • Superiority • “Is ‘t night’s predominance, or the day’s shame” pg 338

  11. INDISSOLUBLE • Adjective • Not able to be dissolved or undone • “Command upon me, to which my duties/ Are with a most indissoluble tie/ For ever knit.” pg 343

  12. PARRICIDE • Noun • The act of killing one’s father, mother or close relative • “Their cruel parricide” pg 344

  13. DAUNTLESS • Adjective • Fearless; Cannot be intimidated • “And, to that dauntless temper of his mind” pg 344

  14. JOCUND • Adjective • Cheerful, Jovial • “Then be thou jocund” pg 348

  15. INFIRMITY • Noun • Physical or mental defect; Illness • “I have a strange infirmity” pg 353

  16. TYRANT • Noun • A sovereign or ruler who uses power oppressively or unjustly • “From whom this tyrant holds the due of birth” pg 356

  17. MALEVOLENCE • Noun • Ill will; Spitefulness • “That the malevolence of fortune nothing/ Takes from his high respect” pg 357

  18. PERNICIOUS • Adjective • Fatal; Deadly • “Let this pernicious hour/ Stand aye accursed in the calendar” pg 366

  19. JUDICIOUS • Adjective • Showing good judgment • “He is noble, wise, judicious, and best knows” pg 367

  20. SUNDRY • Adjective • Various; Miscellaneous • “More suffer, and more sundry ways than ever” pg 371

  21. INTEMPERANCE • Noun • Lack of restraint • “Boundless intemperance/ In nature is a tyranny” pg 372

  22. AVARICE • Noun • Greed • “A stanchless avarice” pg 372

  23. PERTURBATION • Noun • Disturbance • “A great perturbation in nature” pg 381

  24. PRISTINE • Adjective • Original, Unspoiled • “And purge it to a sound and pristine health” pg 387

  25. CLAMOROUS • Adjective • Noisy • “Those clamorous harbingers of blood and death” pg 390

  26. HARBINGERS • Noun • Forerunners • “Those clamorous harbingers of blood and death” pg 390

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