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Hamlet Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| entreated | ask earnestly |
| apparition | ghost like prescence |
| assail | attack (figuratively) |
| harrow | distress |
| moiety | a share (sufficient portion) |
| portentous | ominous |
| mote | speck of dust |
| mettle | spirit |
| harbinger | prediction |
| hallowed | sacred |
| auspicious | favorable |
| dirge | ominous music |
| visage | appearance |
| obsequious | proper to funerals |
| circumscribed | restricted |
| importunity | persistence |
| calumnious | slander |
| pernicious | having a harmful effect |
| disposition | mental constitution |
| pith | essence |
| incontinency | lack of control |
| purport | appear to be |
| levies | tax |
| expostulate | argue |
| brevity | concise wording and delivery |
| celestial | relating to the heavens |
| solicit | askings |
| fain | gladly |
| carrion | rotting flesh |
| promontory | high point of land in water |
| appurtenance | accessory or item associated with a particular activity |
| savory | more acceptable |
| repugnant | opposing |
| synod | assembly of clergy |
| mincing | cut up or grind |
| epitaph | inscription of tombstone |
| rogue | scoundrel |
| cleave | to split |
| offal | wasted |
| malefactions | crime |
| consummation | something completed |
| insolence | lack of respect, rude |
| moment | at once; @ present time |
| orisons | prayers |
| discourse | arguement |
| arrant | complete and utter |
| knaves | dishonest |
| chaste | simple |
| gambol | shy (like a startled horse) |
| scourge | person that causes great trouble of suffering |
| prating | talking foolishly about something |
| fawning | giving a display of flattery or attention |
| primal | fundamental |
| rash | display from lack of consideration of the consequences of an action |
| bulwark | defensive wall |