Hamlet Act 4 + 5 Flashcards
Discord
(n) lack of concord or harmony between persons or things; strife; dispute; war
Exhort
(v) strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something
Conjecture
(n) an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information; assumption
Inter
(v) to bury
Incensed
(adj) very angry; enraged
Bier
(n) a movable frame on which a coffin or a corpse is placed before burial or cremation or on which it is carried to the grave
Obscure
(adj) not discovered or known about; uncertain
Abatement
(n) the ending, reduction, or lessening of something
Requite
(v) make appropriate return or response for (a favor, service or wrongdoing)
Cudgel
(v) beat with a cudgel (a short, thick stick used as a weapon)
Pate
(n) a person’s head
Abhorred
(v) regard with disgust and hatred
Prate
(v) talk foolishly or at tedious length about something
Amities
(n) mutual understanding and a peaceful relationship, especially between nations; peace; accord
Dearth
(n) a scarcity or lack of something
Providence
(n) the protective care of God or of nature as a spiritual power
Felicity
(n) intense happiness