Hamlet Flashcards
Entreat
To ask earnestly; to beg pardon
Assail (s)
To attack vigorously
Usurp
To seize or take wrongfully
Ratify
To confirm; to approve something formally
Resolute
Determined; firm and unwavering
Auspicious (s)
Favorable; promising; promising to be a good result
Dirge
Funeral song
Denote
To signify; to indicate or mark
Countenance
Face or facial expression, especially an encouraging one
Importune
To urge with annoying persistence
Pernacious
Deadly or extremely evil
Sovereign (s)
Supreme ruler; monarch
Rogue (s)
A criminally dishonest person; a scoundrel
Quintessence
An ideal or perfect model
Cleave
To cling; to split
Calamity (s)
A disaster
Dejected
Depressed; disheartened
Abominably
Detestably; with hatred
Mandate
A command or authorization to do something
Dismay
To fill with dread; to discourage greatly; to perturb
(s) supersede
To take the place of; to supplant
(s) Rhythm
The systematic arrangement of musical sounds, principally according to duration and periodic stress
(s) playwright
A person who writes plays; a dramatist
(s) concious
Aware and responding to ones surroundings; awake
(s) concientious
Wishing to do what is right, especially to do ones work or duty well and thoroughly; diligent; meticulous
