ACT 3 - Hamlet Vocabualry

Aloof

Not friendly or forthcoming

“Nor do we find him forward to be sounded,/But with a crafty madness keeps …….”

Commingled

Blended

“And blest are those/ Whose blood and judgment are so well ……/ That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger”

Contagion

Harmful or corrupting influence

"Tis now the very witching time of night,/ When churchyards yawn and Hell itself breathes out/ ……. to this world.”

Enseamed

Sullied

“In the rank sweat of an ……. bed,...”

Gambol

To skip

“...which madness/Would …… from.”

Knavish

Unprincipled

“...'Tis a ……. piece of/ work, but what o' that?”

Noyance

Harm

“To keep itself from ……., not much more…”

Piteous

Demanding or arousing pity

“Do not look upon me/Lest with this ……. action you convert/ My stern effects.”

Reechy

Foul smelling

“…And let him, for a pair of ……. kisses…”

Scourge

A means of inflicting severe suffering, vengeance, or punishment

“… but Heaven hath pleased it so,/To punish me with this, and this with me,/ That I must be their ……. and minister.”

Sinews

Tendons; muscles

“Be soft as ……. of the newborn babe!”

Spurn

Reject with disdain or contempt

“The  pangs of despised love, the law’s delay,/The insolence of office, and the …..…”

Temperance

The quality of moderation or self-restraint

“…whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and/beget a ……. that may give it…”

Visage

The face or facial expression

“…Heaven’s face doth glow...With heated ……., as against the doom,...”

Pregnant [not with child]

Ready

“And crook the ……. hinges of the knee…”