Hamlet, Act 1 Vocab Flashcards
To talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.
Babble
To apply punishment with justice
Avenge
To carry or to support
Bear
To blow up with explosives
Blast
Confined to bed by sickness or old age
Bedridden
To look out, to be cautious and alert to danger
Beware
To break a promise. To be unfaithful and disloyal
Betray
to take and use (something that belongs to someone else) for a period of time with the intention of returning it
Borrow
To make a loud cry- especially by a bird (rooster)
Crow
To hide, mask, or make secret
Conceal
Beaten or overcome by adversity
Defeated
Unable to hear
Deaf
Not shining brightly and clearly
Dim
Obligation under reward or punishment
Duty
Tiny drops of water that form on cool surfaces at night, when atmospheric vapor condenses.
Dew
To exhibit, to show publicly
Display
an action that is performed intentionally or consciously
deed
Of a person who wants to do/have something very much
Eager
Used to express good wishes when saying goodbye
Farewell
be aware of (an event) before it happens
Foreknow
Muscle and fat that is found between the skin and bones
Flesh
To imitate illegally a signature of someone’s writing
Forge
Weak and delicate, fragile
Frail
Horrible, nasty, filthy, dirty, unclean
Foul
Extreme sadness
Greif
a place for the burial of a corpse
Grave
Dark and white hair mixed
Grizzle
Indication, clue
Hint
To hurry, rush, go fast
Haste
Having or showing a modest or low estimate of one’s own importance
Humble
Not showing faith, respect for religious rules. Ungodly
Impious
To grant (someone) the use of (something) on the understanding that it shall be returned.
Lend
Duty + Love for a cause, a person of a profession, in spite of reward or punishment
loyalty
Strong sexual desire
Lust
To tease/laugh to ridicule or treat with contempt
Mock
Make or become liquefied by heat
Melt
A person who has been rejected by society or a social group
Outcast
Stubborn, headstrong, willful
Obstinate
To defeat, burry, drown completely by too much of something
Overwhelm
A declaration of assurance that one will do a particular thing
Promise
Different from what is usual or expected; strange.
Odd
Place for souls after death to get cleaned (between heaven and hell)
Purgatory
To trouble or annoy (someone) with frequent or persistent requests or interruptions.
Pester
A heated argument, disagreement, verbal fight
Quarrel
A male domestic chicken
Rooster
To feel or express sincere regret
Repent
To apply punishment without justice
Revenge
Immoral, wrong, shameful- especially against divine laws
sinful
To search, look for
seek
(of food) no longer fresh and pleasant to eat
stale
To kill animals for food
slaughter
Deep distress or sadness caused by loss
sorrow
A short, high pitched sound or cry
squeak
A dispicable person
scumbag
Unfamiliar- in a neutral way
strange
To move or to in a stealthy manner
sneak
a small sharp-pointed organ at the end of the abdomen of bees, wasps, ants, and scorpions, capable of inflicting a painful or dangerous wound by injecting poison.
sting
Rapid, sudden, immediate
Swift
Rising or falling sharply
steep
A high pitched and sound or voice
shrill
To make a promise under oath
swear
severe physical or mental suffering
torment
a device or enclosure designed to catch and retain animals, typically by allowing entry but not exit or by catching hold of a part of the body.
trap
Defrost or opposite of “to freeze”
thaw
The quality of using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully
thrift
Full of prickes or spikes. About a plant or a situation
thorny
To take position of power by illegal force
usurp
Open or spread out from a folded position
unfold
A movable part of a helmet that can be pulled down to cover the face
visor
A solemn promise (wedding)
vow
Evil or morally wrong
wicked
Lacking physical or moral strength- negative meaning
weak
Tired, worn out, exhausted
weary
Cautionary advice
warning
Belly, typically of a woman
womb
Unfamiliar in a negative way
weird
An unfortunate or unhappy person
wretch
Good judgement
wisdom
Done of one’s free will
willingly
Having or show good judgement
wise
