Hamlet Acts 1–2 Vocab

Portentous

of momentous or ominous significance

Probation

a trial period when an offender has time to redeem himself

Kin

a person related to another or others

Commendable

worthy of high praise

Obstinate

marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

Incestuous

relating to or involving incest

Apparition

a ghostly appearing figure

Wax

increase in phase

Calumnious

harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign

Prodigal

recklessly wasteful

Beguile

influence by slyness

Harrow

cause to feel distress

Lewd

suggestive of or tending to moral looseness

Adieu

a farewell remark

Antic

ludicrously odd

Brevity

the use of concise expressions

Celestial

of heaven or the spirit

Tedious

so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

Firmament

the sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected

Pestilent

exceedingly harmful

Paragon

a perfect embodiment of a concept

Abridgment

a shortened version of a longer work

Repugnant

offensive to the mind

Inclination

the act of bending forward

Bawdy

humorously vulgar