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Hamlet Vocab

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abrogate to abolish
anomaly irregularity; straying from the norm
bourgeois pertaining to the middle class
carnal marked by sexuality that is often frank and unrelieved by higher emotions
chary careful; cautious
circumscribed restricted or limited
consonance agreement or harmony
convocation an assembly where there is coming together
cursory superficial
desultory disconnected; rambling
equivocal ambiguous, usually intended to deceive
extant still in existence
felling cutting down or knocking down a tree; killing
germane important to the issue at hand; pertaining to.
grate to cause irritation
gratis free
impalpable vague; not easily understood
importunity an insistent and pressing demand
ingenuity cleverness; inventiveness; resourcefulness
inter to deposit a dead body into a grave.
invidious causing ill will; offensive
jocund sprightly and lighthearted in disposition, character or quality
malinger to feign sickness
maudlin tearfully sentimental
meretricious showily attractive; tawdry
misanthrope hater of mankind
mote a very small particle; a speck
neophyte beginner; convert
obsequious overly attentive; servile
obstreperous noisy, boisterous
opulence wealth
ostentatious showing; pretentious
palpable tangible; perceptible; easily noticeable
partisan one who exhibits extreme or possible blind allegiance to a group
pedant one who possesses mere book learning
peevish fretful; obstinate
peremptory dictatorial; unconditional
perfunctory mechanical; indifferent
pithy concise and meaningful
prate to talk idly and foolishly at a great length
promontory land or rock projecting into a body of water
remuneration compensation
retrograde reverting to an earlier or inferior condition
rhapsodize to express in an overly enthusiastic manner
scintillate sparkle
sedulous industrious
suspire to breath; to sigh
tenable capable of being maintained in argument; rationally defensible
volition act of determination
wanton immoral; lewd
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