Hamlet
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Michael9193 on January 17, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Harrows | a farm implement that breaks up the ground or a frightening event |
| Harbingers | anything that foreshadows a future event |
| Invulnerable | incapable of being wounded |
| Obsequious | very obedient (like a "suck-up") |
| Impious | not religious |
| Beaver | a hat made out of beaver fur |
| Requite | to make repayment |
| Tenable | capable of being defended |
| Importunity | urgent or pursistant |
| Calumnious | slanderous |
| Husbandry | farming |
| Cerements | graveclothes |
| Perusal | scrutiny |
| Gentry | upper-class person |
| Glean | to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit |
| Expostulate | to reason earnestly with someone |
| Arras | a rich tapestry usually on the wall |
| Abridgement | a shortened version |
| Diadem | a crown |
| Malefactions | an evil deed; crime |
| Contumely | a humiliating insult |
| Arrant | notorious |
| Vouchsafe | to allow or permit |
| Choler | anger, wrath |
| Purgation | to cleanse |
| Perdition | state of in spiritual ruin |
| Umbrage | offense or annoyance |
| Hubris | excessive pride or self confidence |
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