Hamlet Vocab Flashcards
Knavish
Unprincipled
Felicity
Great happiness; bliss
Malicious
Spiteful
Afflict
To inflict grievous physical or mental suffering on
Prodigal
Rashly or wastefully extravagant
Aloof
Distant physically or emotionally
Filial
The relationship from child or offspring to parent
Portentous
Full of unspecifical significance; exciting wonder and awe
Beseech
To address an earnest or urgent request of
Sinews
Tendons; muscles
Contrive
To plan with cleverness or ingenuity; scheme
Scourge
A means of inflicting severe suffering, vengeance or punishment
Base
The lowest or bottom part
Contagion
A harmful, corrupting influence
Imminent
About to to occur; impending
Epitaph
An inscription on a tombstone in memory of the one buried there
Abatements
Reduction in amount, degree or intensity
Visage
The face or facial expression
Carnal
Of or relating to the flesh; bodily
Vow
An earnest promise
