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C VOCABULARY MACBETH
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VALOR Noun Marked courage or bravery “Like valor’s minion carved out his passage” page 308
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TREASONS Noun Betrayals of one’s country or oath of loyalty “But treasons capital, confessed and proved “ pg 314
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IMPERIAL Adjective Of an empire; having supreme authority “as happy prologues to the swelling act of the imperial theme “ pg 314
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LIEGE Noun Lord or king “My liege, they are not yet come back“ pg 315
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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
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AUGMENT Verb Make greater; enlarge “So I lose none/ In seeking to augment it” pg 328
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PALPABLE Adjective Capable of being touched or felt “I see thee yet in form as palpable/ As this which I now draw” pg 328
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STEALTHY Adjective Sly “Whose howl’s his watch, thus with his stealthy pace” pg 328
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PREDOMINANCE Noun Superiority “Is ‘t night’s predominance, or the day’s shame” pg 338
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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
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PARRICIDE Noun The act of killing one’s father, mother or close relative “Their cruel parricide” pg 344
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DAUNTLESS Adjective Fearless; Cannot be intimidated “And, to that dauntless temper of his mind” pg 344
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JOCUND Adjective Cheerful, Jovial “Then be thou jocund” pg 348
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INFIRMITY Noun Physical or mental defect; Illness “I have a strange infirmity” pg 353
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TYRANT Noun A sovereign or ruler who uses power oppressively or unjustly “From whom this tyrant holds the due of birth” pg 356
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MALEVOLENCE Noun Ill will; Spitefulness “That the malevolence of fortune nothing/ Takes from his high respect” pg 357
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PERNICIOUS Adjective Fatal; Deadly “Let this pernicious hour/ Stand aye accursed in the calendar” pg 366
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JUDICIOUS Adjective Showing good judgment “He is noble, wise, judicious, and best knows” pg 367
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SUNDRY Adjective Various; Miscellaneous “More suffer, and more sundry ways than ever” pg 371
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INTEMPERANCE Noun Lack of restraint “Boundless intemperance/ In nature is a tyranny” pg 372
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AVARICE Noun Greed “A stanchless avarice” pg 372
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PERTURBATION Noun Disturbance “A great perturbation in nature” pg 381
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PRISTINE Adjective Original, Unspoiled “And purge it to a sound and pristine health” pg 387
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CLAMOROUS Adjective Noisy “Those clamorous harbingers of blood and death” pg 390
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HARBINGERS Noun Forerunners “Those clamorous harbingers of blood and death” pg 390
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