Hamlet Act 3,4,5

turbulent

characterized by conflict, disorder, or confusion

Aloof

not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant

affliction

a state of suffering, distress

insolence

rude and disrespectful behavior

spurns

reject w/ disdain or contempt

melancholy

deep & persuasive sadness that affects someone's disposition or state of mind

profanely

disrespectfully; irreverently

calamity

a serious event causing distress or misfortune

contagion

a harmful disease

inoculate

treat with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease

exhort

to urge strongly

Incesed

very angry; enraged

antiquity

the quality of being ancient; ancient times

repast

the act of nourishing or feeding someone

remiss

lacking care or attention to duty; negligent

cunning

cleverness, skill, or the ability to manipulate or deceive in a shrewd manner

gallows

a structure for hanging criminals

abhorred

disliked or loathed

courtiers

a person who attends a royal court as a companion or adviser to the king or queen.

palpable

easily perceived or clearly evident