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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 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 • Of an empire; having supreme authority • “as happy prologues to the swelling act of the imperial theme “ pg 314
LIEGE • Noun • Lordorking • “My liege, they are not yet come back“ pg 315
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
AUGMENT • Verb • Make greater; enlarge • “So I lose none/ In seeking to augment it” pg 328
PALPABLE • Adjective • Capable of being touched or felt • “I see thee yet in form as palpable/ As this which I now draw” pg 328
STEALTHY • Adjective • Sly • “Whose howl’s his watch, thus with his stealthy pace” pg 328
PREDOMINANCE • Noun • Superiority • “Is ‘t night’s predominance, or the day’s shame” pg 338
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
PARRICIDE • Noun • The act of killing one’s father, mother or close relative • “Their cruel parricide” pg 344
DAUNTLESS • Adjective • Fearless; Cannot be intimidated • “And, to that dauntless temper of his mind” pg 344
JOCUND • Adjective • Cheerful, Jovial • “Then be thou jocund” pg 348
INFIRMITY • Noun • Physical or mental defect; Illness • “I have a strange infirmity” pg 353
TYRANT • Noun • A sovereign or ruler who uses power oppressively or unjustly • “From whom this tyrant holds the due of birth” pg 356
MALEVOLENCE • Noun • Ill will; Spitefulness • “That the malevolence of fortune nothing/ Takes from his high respect” pg 357
PERNICIOUS • Adjective • Fatal; Deadly • “Let this pernicious hour/ Stand aye accursed in the calendar” pg 366
JUDICIOUS • Adjective • Showing good judgment • “He is noble, wise, judicious, and best knows” pg 367
SUNDRY • Adjective • Various; Miscellaneous • “More suffer, and more sundry ways than ever” pg 371
INTEMPERANCE • Noun • Lack of restraint • “Boundless intemperance/ In nature is a tyranny” pg 372
AVARICE • Noun • Greed • “A stanchless avarice” pg 372
PERTURBATION • Noun • Disturbance • “A great perturbation in nature” pg 381
PRISTINE • Adjective • Original, Unspoiled • “And purge it to a sound and pristine health” pg 387
CLAMOROUS • Adjective • Noisy • “Those clamorous harbingers of blood and death” pg 390
HARBINGERS • Noun • Forerunners • “Those clamorous harbingers of blood and death” pg 390