Hamlet Vocabulary #2
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IsabellaMauro on February 19, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Countenance | expression on someone's face |
| Equivocate | To use unclear language to avoid the truth To become clear - to be brutally honest (not intentionally lying) |
| Prate | to talk long, chatter; going on and on Idle chit-chat |
| Whet | to sharpen the blade of a tool/weapon Excite/stimulate |
| Ostentation | pretentious/vulgar display of wealth, conspiquous display of luxury/wealth |
| Perdition | loss of soul, state of final spiritual ruin, things on the road to perdition: alcohal, drugs, etc. |
| Pestilence | a really bad disease, plague, etc. |
| Superfluous | above and beyond, redundant, unnesecary |
| bestow | to present as gift, put to use, to give, and honor (positive) |
| Liege | Concerned w/ relationship between feudal superior and vassal |
| Signet | small seal, esp. one set in a ring, used instead of w/ signature to give authentication to a legal document |
| Clemency | disposition to be merciful, act/deed showing mercy |
| Conjure | to affect/influence by innovation make something happen by magic |
| Repose | temporary rest to be lying |
| Boisterous | Rough & noisy, rowdy & unrestrained |
| Remiss | Lacking care, attention to duty careless |
| Clamor | loud uproar, expression of disatisfaction |
| Rue | Regret (deeply) |
| Churilous | misbehaved |
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