Hamlet Vocab/Spelling Flashcards
Entreat (v.)
To ask earnestly; to beg or plead
Assail (v.) S/V
To attack vigorously
Usurp (v.)
To seize or take wrongfully
Ratify (v.)
To confirm; to approve something formally
Resolute (adj.)
Determined; firm and unwavering
Auspicious (adj.) S/V
Favorable; promising; promising to be a good result
Dirge (n.)
A funeral song
Denote (v.)
To signify; to indicate or mark
Countenance (n.)
Face or facial expression, especially an encouraging one
Importune (v.)
To urge with annoying persistence; to trouble
Pernicious (adj.)
Deadly or extremely evil
Sovereign (n.) S/V
Supreme ruler; monarch
Rogue (n.) S/V
A criminally dishonest person; a scoundrel
Quintessence (n.)
An ideal or perfect model
Cleave (v.)
To cling; to split
Calamity (n.) S/V
A disaster
Dejected (adj.)
Depressed, disheartened
Abominably (adj.)
Detestably; with hatred
Mandate (n.)
A command or authorization to do something
Dismay (v.)
To fill with dread; to discourage greatly; to pertrurb
Supersede (v.) S
take the place of; to supplant
Rhythm (n.) S
The systematic arrangement of musical sounds, principally according to duration and periodic stress
Playwright (n.) S
A person who writes plays; a dramatist
Conscious (adj.) S
Aware of and responding to ones surroundings; awake
