AP Lit/Comp Vocabulary For Hamlet List 1
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PrestonCook on January 20, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 assail | launch an attack or assault on, attack in speech or writing, attack someone physically or emotionally |
| usurp | seize and take control without authority and possibly with force, supplant |
| moiety | one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe, a half, one of two equal parts |
| portentous | puffed up with vanity, of momentous or ominous significance, foreboding |
| mote | small speck, tiny piece of anything |
| harbinger | an indication of the approach of something or someone, an omen or sign |
| privy | hidden from general view or use, participating in the knowledge of something private or secret |
| mirth | great merriment, gladness and merriment usually accompanied by laughter |
| suspiration | an utterance made by exhaling audibly, long deep breath, sigh |
| filial | relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring, designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation |
| obsequious | attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner, attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery, overly submissive or eager to please |
| impious | lacking piety or reverence for a god, lacking due respect or dutifulness, disrespectful |
| retrograde | get worse, move in a direction contrary to the usual one, move back |
| jocund | ADJECTIVE full of or showing high-spirited merriment, cheerful |
| sullied | to be stained or discredited, dirty, contaminated |
| truncheon | a short stout club used primarily by policemen, club used as a weapon |
| countenance | the appearance conveyed by a person's face, consent to, give permission |
| tenable | based on sound reasoning or evidence, capable of being held or defended |
| requite | make repayment for or return something, to return or repay |
| suppliance | a person making a humble plea to someone in power or authority, appeal entry or plea |
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