AP Literature: Hamlet Soliloquies Vocab 1.2-3.1

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Pernicious (adj)

hurtful; injurious; causing insidious harm

Base (adj)

morally low; dishonorable; worthless; unrefined

Sinews (n)

tendons

Malefaction (n)

crime; wrongdoing

Mettle (n)

courage and fortitude

Offal (n)

organ parts; refuse; rubbish

Lecherous (adj)

lustful

Bawdy (adj)

indecent, lewd, obscene

Melancholy (n)

a gloomy state of mind; sober thoughtfulness

Consummation (n)

completion; fulfillment

Calamity (n)

a disaster or misfortune; adversity; misery

Insolence (n)

contemptuously rude or impertinent behavior or speech

Quietus (n)

a finishing stroke; discharge or release from life

Awry (adj)

amiss; away from the expected or proper direction