Hamlet Vocab


  1. beshrew [bih-shroo] Tr. V. to invoke evil upon


  1. carping [kahr-ping] Adj. naggingly critical or complaining


  1. cerement, often cerements [seer-muhnt, ser-uh-] N. cloth coated with wax, formerly used for wrapping the dead


4.   chanson [shan-suhn; Fr. shahn-sawn] N.  song, esp. a  French cabaret song


5.   cote [koht] N.  A small shed or shelter for sheep or birds; Tr. V. pass (go around)

 

6.   drab (not the color) [drab] N. a slattern, Intr. V.  to consort with whores


7.   ephemeral [ih-fem-er-uhl]  Adj. lasting for a brief time; transitory


8.    febrile [fee-bruhl, feb-ruhl] Adj. feverish


9.    felly [fel-ee] N. the rim or a section of a rim of a wheel supported by spokes


10.  firmament [fur-muh-muhnt] N. the vault or expanse of the heavens, the sky


11.  gainsay [geyn-sey, geyn-sey] Tr. V. to declare false, deny; to oppose esp. by   

       contradiction


12.  gules [gyoolz] N. the color red


13.  insouciance [in-soo-see-uhns] N. carefree attitude


14.  lenten [len-tn] Adj.  of or pertaining to Lent; meager, somber


15.  milch [milch] Adj. giving milk


16.  moiety [moi-i-tee] N.  A half, an indefinite portion, part or share, either of two basic 

       units that make up a tribe on the basis of unilateral descent


17.  otiose [oh-shee-ohs, oh-tee-] Adj.  being at leisure, idle, ineffective; superfluous


18.  perpend [pur-puhnd] Tr. V. to wonder about. Intr. V. to be attentive, reflect, to 

       deliberate


19. prescript [adj: pri-skript, pree-skript; n: pree-skript]  N. something prescribed, 

     Adj. prescribed


20. synod [sin-uhd] N. ecclesiastical council