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Hamlet Vocab L-Z
The second half of the Hamlet Glossary words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Lisp | A speech defect where "s" is pronounced as "th" |
| Lunacy | The state of being insane; craziness |
| Mad | Crazy |
| Madness | Craziness |
| Mark | Pay attention |
| Methinks | I think |
| Ministers of Grace | Anything good in the world |
| Motive | Reason for doing something |
| Nay | No |
| Neglected | Ignored, fail to care for properly |
| Nipping | Biting, severe |
| Ninnery | Where nuns live |
| Offended | To cause to feel upset |
| Overthrown | Removed forcibly from power |
| Pardon | Excuse |
| Perchance | Perhaps, maybe |
| Petty | Unimportant |
| Pitiful | Causing pity, small, sad |
| Potent | Having great power or influence |
| Pranks | Practical jokes |
| Pray | Wish or beg for |
| Presently | Right now, or very soon |
| Rash | Did something without thinking |
| Reason | The power of the mind to think |
| Render | To cause to become, make something appear |
| Repeal | To take away a rule or law |
| Repent | To feel bad for something you have done |
| Revenge | Causing harm to someone because of something bad they did |
| Riotous | Causing public disorder, hilariously funny, a little crazy |
| Scold | To tell something they did something wrong, a nag |
| Serpent | A large snake |
| Shalt | Shall or will |
| Shrewdly | Sharply |
| Slain | Killed or murdered |
| Soft | Be quiet (speak softly) |
| Soundly | Severely, intensely |
| Steals | Sneaks somewhere |
| Swoon | Faints from extreme emotion |
| Tempt | Make someone want to do something |
| Thee | You (in predicate expander) |
| Thine | Yours |
| Thou | You (as subject) |
| Thy | Your |
| 'tis | It is |
| Tormenting | Causing severe physical or mental suffering |
| Treachery | A betrayal, being disloyal and lying |
| Trivial | Unimportant |
| Turf | Grass, ground |
| 'twere | It were (it was) |
| Undertakings | Things you promised to do |
| Unfold | To tell the story |
| Unhand | Let go |
| Uttered | Said |
| Vile | Extremely unpleasant, morally bad |
| Villain | Person guilty of a crime |
| Wager | A bet |
| Whither | Where to? |
| Wilt | Will |
| Withdraw | To leave a place (in Hamlet, to go and hide) |
| Wits | Mental sharpness- your ability to know what is going on |
| Woe | Great sorrow or distress |