Hamlet's Vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Abominably | disgustingly |
| Ambiguous | vague |
| Apparition | ghost |
| Apt | prone |
| Assail | attack |
| Astonish | amaze |
| Awe | wonder |
| Bear | carry |
| Beguile | to fool |
| Boisterous | rowdy |
| Bulwark | barrier |
| Calamity | adversity |
| Calumnious | slanderous |
| Censure | criticism |
| Chalice | cup |
| Circumvent | go around |
| Consummation | completion |
| Contrive | to plan |
| Countenance | visage; face |
| Delve | look into |
| Dexterity | coordinated |
| Dire | terrible |
| Dirge | funeral song |
| Discretion | good judgment |
| Enmity | hatred |
| Err | mistake |
| Extravagant | extraordinary |
| Felicity | joy |
| Forestall | postponed |
| Gibes | jokes |
| Harbingers | sings (of future) |
| Hue | color |
| Imminent | greatness |
| Impetuous | impulsive |
| Impious | unholy |
| Implements | tools |
| Impotent | powerless |
| Incensed | angered |
| Inexplicable | unexplainable |
| Ingenious | skillful |
| Insinuation | hint |
| Insolence | boldness |
| Interim | break |
| Invulnerable | invincible |
| Lapsed | expired |
| Lewdness | crude |
| Maimed | crippled |
| Malicious | nasty |
| Martial | to gather |
| Oblivion | forgetfulness |
| Obscure | not definable |
| Obsequious | submissive |
| Obstinate | stubborn |
| Palpable | obvious |
| Pate | top of head |
| Perilous | dangerous |
| Pernicious | evil |
| Perusal | glance |
| Pestilence | epidemic |
| Petty | small |
| Pious | holy |
| Piteous | pitiful |
| Ply | evaluate |
| Portentous | stands out |
| Precedent | example |
| Precepts | laws |
| Precisely | exactly |
| Prolongs | continues |
| Purged | cleansed |
| Rank | rotten |
| Rapier | sword |
| Requiem | chant(sad) |
| Requite | return |
| Russet | brownish color |
| Sans | without |
| Sate | 100% satisfied |
| Successive | following |
| Sullied | dirtied |
| Superfluous | needless |
| Tedious | tiresome |
| Turbulent | violent |
| Usurp | seize |
| Valiant | courageous |
| Validity | relevance |
| Variable | changeable |
| Verity | truth |
| Vicious | extremely nasty |
| Visage | face |
| Vouchsafe | to guarantee |
| Whet | sharpen |
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