Hamlet Vocab

beshrew

(v.) to invoke evil upon

carping

(adj.) naggingly critical or complaining

cerement

(n.) cloth coated with wax, formerly used for wrapping the dead

chanson

(n.) song, esp. a French cabaret song

cote

(n./v.) A small shed or shelter for sheep or birds; pass (go around)

drab

(n./v.) a slattern; to consort with whores

ephemeral

(adj.) lasting for a brief time; transitory

febrile

(adj.) feverish

felly

(n.) the rim or a section of a rim of a wheel supported by spokes

firmament

(n.) the vault or expanse of the heavens, the sky

gainsay

(v.) to declare false, deny; to oppose esp. by contradiction

gules

(n.) the color red

insouciance

(n.) carefree attitude

lenten

(adj.) of or pertaining to Lent; meager, somber

milch

(adj.) giving milk

moiety

(n.) A half, an indefinite portion, part or share, either of two basic units that make up a tribe on the basis of unilateral descent

otiose

(adj.) being at leisure, idle, ineffective; superfluous

perpend

(v.) to wonder about; to be attentive, reflect, to deliberate

prescript

(n./adj.) something prescribed; prescribed

synod

(n.) ecclesiastical council