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Hamlet, Act 1 Vocab Flashcards

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1
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To talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

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Babble

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To apply punishment with justice

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Avenge

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2
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To carry or to support

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Bear

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3
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To blow up with explosives

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Blast

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4
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Confined to bed by sickness or old age

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Bedridden

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To look out, to be cautious and alert to danger

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Beware

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To break a promise. To be unfaithful and disloyal

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Betray

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7
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to take and use (something that belongs to someone else) for a period of time with the intention of returning it

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Borrow

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8
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To make a loud cry- especially by a bird (rooster)

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Crow

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9
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To hide, mask, or make secret

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Conceal

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10
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Beaten or overcome by adversity

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Defeated

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11
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Unable to hear

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Deaf

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12
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Not shining brightly and clearly

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Dim

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13
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Obligation under reward or punishment

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Duty

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14
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Tiny drops of water that form on cool surfaces at night, when atmospheric vapor condenses.

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Dew

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15
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To exhibit, to show publicly

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Display

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16
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an action that is performed intentionally or consciously

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deed

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17
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Of a person who wants to do/have something very much

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Eager

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18
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Used to express good wishes when saying goodbye

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Farewell

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19
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be aware of (an event) before it happens

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Foreknow

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20
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Muscle and fat that is found between the skin and bones

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Flesh

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20
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To imitate illegally a signature of someone’s writing

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Forge

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21
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Weak and delicate, fragile

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Frail

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21
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Horrible, nasty, filthy, dirty, unclean

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Foul

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22
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Extreme sadness

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Greif

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23
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a place for the burial of a corpse

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Grave

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24
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Dark and white hair mixed

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Grizzle

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25
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Indication, clue

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Hint

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25
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To hurry, rush, go fast

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Haste

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26
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Having or showing a modest or low estimate of one’s own importance

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Humble

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27
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Not showing faith, respect for religious rules. Ungodly

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Impious

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28
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To grant (someone) the use of (something) on the understanding that it shall be returned.

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Lend

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29
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Duty + Love for a cause, a person of a profession, in spite of reward or punishment

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loyalty

30
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Strong sexual desire

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Lust

31
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To tease/laugh to ridicule or treat with contempt

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Mock

32
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Make or become liquefied by heat

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Melt

33
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A person who has been rejected by society or a social group

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Outcast

33
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Stubborn, headstrong, willful

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Obstinate

33
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To defeat, burry, drown completely by too much of something

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Overwhelm

34
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A declaration of assurance that one will do a particular thing

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Promise

35
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Different from what is usual or expected; strange.

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Odd

36
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Place for souls after death to get cleaned (between heaven and hell)

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Purgatory

37
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To trouble or annoy (someone) with frequent or persistent requests or interruptions.

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Pester

38
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A heated argument, disagreement, verbal fight

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Quarrel

39
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A male domestic chicken

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Rooster

40
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To feel or express sincere regret

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Repent

41
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To apply punishment without justice

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Revenge

42
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Immoral, wrong, shameful- especially against divine laws

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sinful

43
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To search, look for

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seek

44
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(of food) no longer fresh and pleasant to eat

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stale

45
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To kill animals for food

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slaughter

46
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Deep distress or sadness caused by loss

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sorrow

47
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A short, high pitched sound or cry

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squeak

48
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A dispicable person

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scumbag

49
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Unfamiliar- in a neutral way

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strange

50
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To move or to in a stealthy manner

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sneak

51
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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.

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sting

52
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Rapid, sudden, immediate

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Swift

53
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Rising or falling sharply

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steep

54
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A high pitched and sound or voice

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shrill

54
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To make a promise under oath

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swear

55
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severe physical or mental suffering

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torment

56
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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.

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trap

57
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Defrost or opposite of “to freeze”

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thaw

57
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The quality of using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully

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thrift

57
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Full of prickes or spikes. About a plant or a situation

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thorny

58
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To take position of power by illegal force

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usurp

59
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Open or spread out from a folded position

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unfold

60
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A movable part of a helmet that can be pulled down to cover the face

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visor

61
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A solemn promise (wedding)

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vow

62
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Evil or morally wrong

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wicked

63
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Lacking physical or moral strength- negative meaning

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weak

64
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Tired, worn out, exhausted

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weary

65
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Cautionary advice

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warning

66
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Belly, typically of a woman

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womb

67
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Unfamiliar in a negative way

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weird

68
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An unfortunate or unhappy person

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wretch

69
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Good judgement

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wisdom

70
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Done of one’s free will

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willingly

71
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Having or show good judgement

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wise

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