Hamlet Vocab Definitions and Parts of Speech

Beshrew

Tr. V. To invoke evil upon

Carping

Adj. Naggingly critical or complaining

Cerement

N. Sometimes (s), cloth coated with wax, formerly used for wrapping the dead

Chanson

N. Song, esp. a French cabaret song

Cote

N. A small shed or shelter for sheep or birds; Tr. V. pass (go around)

Drab

N. a slattern, Intr. V. to consort with whores. (not the color)

Ephemeral

Adj. lasting for a brief time; transitory

Febrile

Adj. feverish

Felly

N. the rim or a section of the rim of a wheel supported by spokes

Firmament

N. the vault or expanse of the heavens, the sky

Gainsay

Tr. 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

Tr. V. to wonder about. Intr. V. to be attentive, reflect, to deliberate

Prescript

N. something prescribed, Adj. prescribed

Synod

N. ecclesiastical council