Hamlet Acts IV and V Flashcards by anisha kaul | Brainscape

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kept short

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kept on a short leash

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pith

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inner substance

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countenance

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condone, give silent support for

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nose him

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smell him

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bark

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boat

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imports

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signifies

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craven

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cowardly

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scruple

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a doubt, uncertainty, or hesitation

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exhort

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strongly urge

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importunate

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begging insistently

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pendent

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hanging

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melodious lay

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melodious song

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circumvent

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to avoid as if by passing around

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sexton

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gravedigger

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action of battery

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lawsuit in a case of physical assault

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corse

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corpse

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obsequies

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funeral ceremony

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profane

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deprive of sanctity

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quick

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alive

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prate

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talk foolishly

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benetted

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caught in a net

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conjuration

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solemn appeal

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subscribed

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wrote (a name) at the bottom of the paper

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impression

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a mark in the wax

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changeling

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a deformed child substituted for the parents’ original child by the fairies

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winnowed

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carefully selected

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blow them to their trial

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test them by merely blowing upon them

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augury

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premonitions