English 12 - Hamlet, Act 1

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avouch

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guarantee, assurance

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parle

Back 2

conference, discussion, debate (usually between enemies under a truce)

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bode

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-to announce, proclaim
-of things: to give promise of, portend

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moiety

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one of two (or more) parts into which something is divided; one's share

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mettle

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quality of disposition or temperament

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portentous

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foreboding some extraordinary event, ominous, warning

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harbinger

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one that goes before and announces the approach of some one, a forerunner
(usually in lit.)

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discretion

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action of discerning or judging; decision, discrimination

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auspicious

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ominous, usually in a good way (promising success)

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mirth

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pleasurable feeling, happiness

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dole

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grief, sorrow

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impotent

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1. powerless, helpless, ineffective
2. physically weak

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levies

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to levy: to collect an assessment, tax, etc.

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havior

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behaviour, manner, bearing oneself

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visage

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1. a person's face
2. the countenance, facial expression

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filial

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1. of/pertaining to a son or daughter
2. of sentiments, etc: due from a child to a parent

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obsequious

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compliant with the will or wishes of another, obedient

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peevish

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silly, foolish; mad, insane

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jocund

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mirthful, merry, cheerful

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rouse

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a full draught of liquor

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sullied

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soiled, polluted; made gloomy or dull

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truant

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marked by truancy or idleness

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countenance

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1. demeanour, behaviour
2. appearance, look
3. to make countenance: to make a show (real or feigned) of any feeling

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tenable

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capable of being held, restrained, kept

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requite

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to repay, make return for

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besmirch

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to soil, discolour, as with mud

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importunity

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troublesome pertinacity in solicitation
(insistent entreaty)

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chariest

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1. careful, cautious
2. shy, particular

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prodigal

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given to extravagant expenditure, recklessly wasteful of one's means

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calumnious

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slanderous, defamatory

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canker

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a disease of plants (decay)

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imminent

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impending threateningly, coming on shortly

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dalliance

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sport, play, flirtation

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precepts

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1. an order, authoritative command
2. general direction/rule/maxim

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apparel

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general clothing

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husbandry

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the management of a household
economical admin., ordering (as of a household)

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tender

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1. (n) an offer of anything for acceptance
2. (v) to offer

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importuned

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to importune: to solicit pressingly

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implorators

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one who implores or supplicates

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sanctified

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affecting holiness; possessing real or feigned piety

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bawds

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one employed in pandering to sexual debauchery; prostitute

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beguile

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to delude, deceive

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wont

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custom, habit

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breach

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the breaking of a rule, duty, etc.
violation

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traduced

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to speak evil of; to defame

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pith

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1. spongy cellular tissue
2. spinal marrow
3. inner part/core

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dout

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to put out, extinguish

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inurned

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process of placing the ashes of a body into an urn

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apt

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suited, fitted, qualified

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vow

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1. promise to God to do something for a favor
2. solemn undertaking

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lewdness

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1. ignorance, foolishness
2. wickedness
3. lasciviousness

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sate

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to fill/satisfy to the full (any appetite or desire)

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enmity

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a state of mutual hostility

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pernicious

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destructive, fatal
wicked, villainous

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arrant

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notorious, manifest, downright, etc.

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knave

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boy or lad employed as a servant
a base rogue