Hamlet-Act V

Question 0

Cudgel

Answer 0

Noun- a club or mallet

Question 1

Wittingly

Answer 1

Adv- knowingly

Question 2

Pate

Answer 2

Noun- head, skull

I don’t have a skull, or bones…

Question 3

Sexton

Answer 3

Noun- a caretaker of church property; also a gravedigger

Question 4

Shroud

Answer 4

Noun- a burial cloth or covering

Verb- to conceal, to cover

Question 5

Equivocation

Answer 5

Noun- the use of ambiguous or unclear terms

Question 6

Flagon

Answer 6

Noun- pitcher

Question 7

Gibes

Answer 7

Noun- insults, put downs, verbal jabs

Question 8

Obsequies

Answer 8

Noun- funeral rites

Question 9

Profane

Answer 9

Verb- to desecrate, to debase

Adj- vulgar, crude, base

Question 10

Sage

Answer 10

Adj- wise

Question 11

Churlish

Answer 11

Adj- surly, rude, tactless, crude

Question 12

Requiem

Answer 12

Noun- a mass or music to honour the dead

Question 13

Asunder

Answer 13

Adv- apart, spread out

Question 14

Yeoman

Answer 14

Noun- a servant or attendant to a nobleman; or, a small farmer

Question 15

Shrive/Shrift

Answer 15

Verb- to confess/Noun- confession

Question 16

Insinuation

Answer 16

Noun- a suggestion, hint, implication

Question 17

Perdition

Answer 17

Noun- the loss of one’s soul and salvation, eternal damnation

Question 18

Dearth

Answer 18

Noun- a lack or absence

Question 19

Rapier

Answer 19

Noun- a long, slender two edged sword