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Hamlet Act IV Vocab
Oscar
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Discord | lack of agreement or harmony. (Sentence) - A few years later discord arose among the allies. (Synonym) - Strife, Conflict |
| Importunate | making persistent or urgent requests. (Sentence) - The chicken man at the store was really importunate about eating chicken. (Synonym) - Persistent, Tenacious |
| Conjecture | a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence. (Sentence) - Billy made a conjecture on phones exploding. (Synonym) - Guess, Speculation |
| Artless | characterized by an inability to mask your feelings. (Sentence) - Mark was really artless when it came to sad things. (Synonym) - Natural, Naive |
| Superfluous | more than is needed, desired, or required. (Sentence) - We had a superfluous amount of chicken nuggets. (Synonym) - Surplus, Redundant |
| Impetuous | characterized by undue haste and lack of thought. (Sentence) - Ivan was really impetuous when it came to answering questions on the quiz. (Synonym) - Haste, Impulsive |
| Cuckold | a man whose wife committed adultery. (Sentence) - Jack is now a cuckold. (Synonym) - Cuck, Cucked |
| Ostentation | pretentious or showy or vulgar display. (Sentence) - There was no trace of ostentation at the theatre. (Synonym) - Show, Showiness |
| Remiss | failing in what duty requires. (Sentence) - She was remiss in preforming tasks (Synonym) - Negligent, Neglectful |
| Mountebank | a flamboyant deceiver. (Sentence) - Everyone though santa was a nice guy but he really was a Mountebank. (Synonym) - Swindler, Charlatan |