Hamlet Vocab Quiz

Habringer

A sign that something is about to happen

Auspicious

Showing signs of future success or good luck favorable

Impious

Showing disrespect toward God or religion

Bemirch

To damage someones reputation; to stain or tarnish

Enmity

Deep hatred or hostility between people or groups

Pernicious

Extremely harmful or destructive often gradually

Exostulate

To argue or protest with someone about their actions

Brevity

Shortness in speech or writing

Carrion

decaying flesh off dead animals

Pestilent

Causing disease, harmful or deadly sometimes morally courrupting

Paragon

a person or things considered a perfect example of something

Quintessence

The purest or most perfect example of something.

Diadem

A crown or ornamental headband worn by a ruler.

Consummation

The completion or fulfillment of something; sometimes the completion of a marriage through sexual intercourse.

Inoculate

To introduce a vaccine or substance to provide protection against disease; more broadly, to protect against something harmful.

Calumny

A false statement intended to damage someone's reputation; slander.

Temperance

Moderation and self-control, especially in eating or drinking.

Groundling

An ordinary, often lower-class spectator in Shakespeare's theater who stood in the yard near the stage.

Journeyman

A skilled worker who has completed an apprenticeship but is not a master; also, someone experienced but not at the highest level.

clemency

Mercy or leniency, especially when showing less punishment than someone deserves.

Pander

To cater to someone's desires or weaknesses, often in a dishonorable way.

Convocation

A formal assembly or gathering of people.

Importunate

Persistently demanding or begging; annoyingly insistent.

Inter

To bury a dead person

Arraign

To formally charge someone with a crime in court and call on them to enter a plea.

Cuckold

A man whose wife is unfaithful to him; also used as a verb meaning to make a man such a husband.

Bier

A stand or frame on which a coffin or dead body is placed for burial or a funeral procession.

Flaxen

Pale yellow or golden in color like flax fibers often used to describe hair

Remiss

Careless or negligent in doing one's duty.

requite

To repay or return something, such as kindness, love, or injury.

Courtier

A person who attends or serves a royal court.

Equivocation

Deliberately vague or ambiguous language intended to mislead or avoid the truth.

Flagon

A large container, usually with a handle and a narrow neck, used to hold and pour liquid

Requiem

A mass or musical composition for the dead; more generally, something honoring or mourning the dead.

Churlish

Rude, surly or i’ll mannered

Asunder

Apart or into separate pieces

Insinuation

An indirect suggestion, often an unpleasant or insulting one.

Verity

Truth or a fact that is true

Germane

Relevant or directly related to the subject.

Upshot

The final result or outcome of something.