AP Lit Hamlet Act 1 vocab

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entreat (verb)

ask for or request earnestly

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harrow (verb)

cause to feel distress

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3

usurp (verb)

seize and take control without authority

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4

moiety (noun)

a part or portion of something

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5

portentous (adj)

ominously prophetic

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harbinger (noun)

something indicating the approach of something or someone

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hallowed (adj)

worthy of religious veneration

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discretion (noun)

the trait of judging wisely and objectively

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auspicious (adj)

indicating favorable circumstances and good luck

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10

dirge (noun)

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

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11

visage (noun)

the human face

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12

trappings (noun)

ornaments; embellishments to or characteristic signs of

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filial (adj)

relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring

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jocund (adj)

full of or showing high-spirited merriment

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countenance (noun)

the appearance conveyed by a person's face

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grizzled (adj)

having gray or partially gray hair

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besmirch (verb)

smear so as to make dirty or stained

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18

chary (adj)

characterized by great caution

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prodigal (adj)

recklessly wasteful

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behoove (verb)

be appropriate or necessary

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21

traduce (verb)

speak unfavorably about

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pernicious (adj)

working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way

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antic (adj)

ludicrously odd

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