Hamlet Vocab/Spelling

Question 1

Entreat (v.)

Answer 1

To ask earnestly; to beg or plead

Question 2

Assail (v.) S/V

Answer 2

To attack vigorously

Question 3

Usurp (v.)

Answer 3

To seize or take wrongfully

Question 4

Ratify (v.)

Answer 4

To confirm; to approve something formally

Question 5

Resolute (adj.)

Answer 5

Determined; firm and unwavering

Question 6

Auspicious (adj.) S/V

Answer 6

Favorable; promising; promising to be a good result

Question 7

Dirge (n.)

Answer 7

A funeral song

Question 8

Denote (v.)

Answer 8

To signify; to indicate or mark

Question 9

Countenance (n.)

Answer 9

Face or facial expression, especially an encouraging one

Question 10

Importune (v.)

Answer 10

To urge with annoying persistence; to trouble

Question 11

Pernicious (adj.)

Answer 11

Deadly or extremely evil

Question 12

Sovereign (n.) S/V

Answer 12

Supreme ruler; monarch

Question 13

Rogue (n.) S/V

Answer 13

A criminally dishonest person; a scoundrel

Question 14

Quintessence (n.)

Answer 14

An ideal or perfect model

Question 15

Cleave (v.)

Answer 15

To cling; to split

Question 16

Calamity (n.) S/V

Answer 16

A disaster

Question 17

Dejected (adj.)

Answer 17

Depressed, disheartened

Question 18

Abominably (adj.)

Answer 18

Detestably; with hatred

Question 19

Mandate (n.)

Answer 19

A command or authorization to do something

Question 20

Dismay (v.)

Answer 20

To fill with dread; to discourage greatly; to pertrurb

Question 21

Supersede (v.) S

Answer 21

take the place of; to supplant

Question 22

Rhythm (n.) S

Answer 22

The systematic arrangement of musical sounds, principally according to duration and periodic stress

Question 23

Playwright (n.) S

Answer 23

A person who writes plays; a dramatist

Question 24

Conscious (adj.) S

Answer 24

Aware of and responding to ones surroundings; awake

Question 25

Conscientious (adj.) S

Answer 25

Wishing to do what is right especially to do ones work or duty well and thorough; diligent; Meticulous