Hamlet vocab pt 2 Flashcards

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extol

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to praise, glorify

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felicitous

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happy or delightful

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fetter

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to restrict by shackling or chaining

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forestalled

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prevented or delayed beforehand

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galling

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very irritating

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gambol

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to playfully skip or leap

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germane

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important to the issue at hand, pertinent

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gratis

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free

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homage

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a reverential regard; respect shown by external action

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impetuous

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violent, hasty, rash, impulsive

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infallible

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incapable of error

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ingenuity

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cleverness, inventiveness, resourcefulness

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insolence

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insulting or contemptuous behavior

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inter

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to deposit a dead body into a grave

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jaded

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weary from overuse, surfeited

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lament

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to mourn or express sorrow in a demonstrative manner

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loathe

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detest

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oblivion

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state of being forgotten

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obseqious

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loverly attentive, like a sycophant, servile

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obstinate

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unyielding regardless of reason or logic

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ostentatious

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showy, pretentious

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paragon

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a model of excellence or perfection

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partisan

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one who exhibits extreme and possibly blind allegiance to a group or cause

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peevish

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fretful, obstinate

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pernicious

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very destructive or harmful, deadly