ACT 1 hamlet vocab

usurp

seize and take control without authority

portentous

of momentous or ominous significance

harbinger

something indicating the approach of something or someone

hallowed

worthy of religious veneration

auspicious

indicating favorable circumstances and good luck

filial

relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring

retrograde

moving or directed or tending in a backward direction

prodigal

recklessly wasteful

libertine

a dissolute person

censure

harsh criticism or disapproval

beguile

attract; cause to be enamored

enmity

a state of deep-seated ill-will

pernicious

exceedingly harmful

antic

ludicrously odd