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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•Lord or king•“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