AP Lit Hamlet Act 1 vocab

entreat (verb)

 ask for or request earnestly

 harrow (verb)

 cause to feel distress

usurp (verb)

 seize and take control without authority

moiety (noun)

a part or portion of something

portentous (adj)

ominously prophetic

harbinger (noun)

something indicating the approach of something or someone

hallowed (adj)

worthy of religious veneration

discretion (noun)

the trait of judging wisely and objectively

auspicious (adj)

 indicating favorable circumstances and good luck

dirge (noun)

 a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person

visage (noun)

the human face

trappings (noun)

ornaments; embellishments to or characteristic signs of

 filial (adj)

 relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring

jocund (adj)

 full of or showing high-spirited merriment

countenance (noun)

 the appearance conveyed by a person's face

grizzled (adj)

 having gray or partially gray hair

besmirch (verb)

smear so as to make dirty or stained

chary (adj)

characterized by great caution

prodigal (adj)

recklessly wasteful

 behoove (verb)

 be appropriate or necessary

traduce (verb)

speak unfavorably about

pernicious (adj)

working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way

antic (adj)

 ludicrously odd