Hamlet Vocab

Front 1

abatements

Back 1

something that is reduced or moderates

Front 2

arrant

Back 2

Extreme, without moderation

Front 3

assail

Back 3

To attache violently with blows or words

Front 4

avouch

Back 4

Affirm, to declare as a fact

Front 5

behooves

Back 5

To act proper

Front 6

beseech

Back 6

To beg, request earnestly

Front 7

bestow

Back 7

To give as a gift

Front 8

brazen

Back 8

Made of brass, a harsh sound

Front 9

calamity

Back 9

Deep distress or misery

Front 10

calumnious

Back 10

Making false charges that will damage ones reputation

Front 11

carrion

Back 11

dead or rotting flesh

Front 12

censure

Back 12

act of blaming or condemning sternly

Front 13

clamor

Back 13

to make a loud noise

Front 14

clemency

Back 14

merciful, or mild weather

Front 15

collateral

Back 15

accomanying something else, security for a debt

Front 16

commune

Back 16

to talk over, small community

Front 17

conjectures

Back 17

Conclude

Front 18

contagion

Back 18

Contagious, to spread

Front 19

contrive

Back 19

arrange, scheme

Front 20

countenance

Back 20

expression

Front 21

craven

Back 21

cowardly, fearful

Front 22

cunning

Back 22

sly, sneaky

Front 23

discord

Back 23

argument, conflict

Front 24

discourse

Back 24

conversation, speech

Front 25

discretion

Back 25

cautiously, carefulness

Front 26

distracted

Back 26

preoccupied, unfocused

Front 27

divulging

Back 27

revealing, exposing

Front 28

edified

Back 28

informed, improved

Front 29

eloquent

Back 29

well-expressed

Front 30

encumbered

Back 30

overloaded, weighed-down

Front 31

entreat

Back 31

plead, ask, request

Front 32

equivocation

Back 32

Evasion, hedging the truth

Front 33

gape

Back 33

break open

Front 34

gilded

Back 34

covered with gold

Front 35

glean

Back 35

collect, pick up

Front 36

hectic

Back 36

excited, wild, confused

Front 37

imminenet

Back 37

about to happen

Front 38

importuned

Back 38

pursued, persistent

Front 39

incensed

Back 39

angry, annoyed

Front 40

indiscretion

Back 40

carelessness

Front 41

invulnerable

Back 41

safe, secure, invincible

Front 42

mantle

Back 42

blanket, covering, cloak

Front 43

melancholy

Back 43

depressed, low, miserable

Front 44

oblivion

Back 44

Forgetfulness, nothingness, void

Front 45

ostentation

Back 45

pretention, display

Front 46

paragon

Back 46

model, shining example

Front 47

perdition

Back 47

loss of soul

Front 48

pernicious

Back 48

Harmful, evil, malicious

Front 49

perusal/peruse

Back 49

inspection, glance; read carefully

Front 50

ponderous

Back 50

heavy

Front 51

portentous

Back 51

self-important, arrogant

Front 52

precedent

Back 52

Example, guide

Front 53

prodigal

Back 53

wasteful, reckless

Front 54

promontory

Back 54

peninsula

Front 55

quintessence

Back 55

ideal, perfect example

Front 56

rebuke

Back 56

repirmand, scolding

Front 57

rendezvous

Back 57

meeting

Front 58

requiem

Back 58

funeral song

Front 59

retrograde

Back 59

traditional, nostalgic, from previous times

Front 60

rite

Back 60

ceremony, custom

Front 61

rummage

Back 61

look through, search

Front 62

savory

Back 62

pleasant, acceptable

Front 63

sepulcher

Back 63

tomb, grave

Front 64

suit

Back 64

an appeal, a request

Front 65

superfluous

Back 65

unnecessary, uneeded

Front 66

trifle, trifling

Back 66

to treat someone as unimportant, in a mocking wat, with the intent to deceive

Front 67

undergo

Back 67

experience, endure

Front 68

unsurp

Back 68

sieze, take over

Front 69

visage

Back 69

features, face

Front 70

vouch

Back 70

promise, guarantee

Front 71

wanton

Back 71

reckless, immoral

Front 72

woe

Back 72

sadness, despair, misery