Hamlet Vocabulary Flashcards
Abatement
Lessening of something, often in law
Beguile
To influence by trickery in a charmed way
Bodkin
Dagger, stiletto
Botch
Carry out a task badly
Calumnious
A false and defamatory statement;slanderous
Canon
A fundamental principle or general rule; church law 
Churlish
Rude in a mean-spirited and surly way
Convocation
Gathering for a special purpose
Cunning
Skill in achieving one’s ends by deceit or evasion
Discourse
Written or spoken communication or debate
Equivocation
The use of ambiguous expressions to mislead; double meaning of words
Firmament
The heavens or the sky
Ostentatious
In a showy or gaudy manner
Fortified
Protected or strengthened
Husbandry
Management and conservation of resources; thrifty
Inoculate
To implant into a person (to protect them?)
Orisons
Prayers
Perilous
full of danger or risk
Pestilent
Destructive to life; deadly or troublesome
Pious
Devoutly religious
Allegiance
Loyalty of a subordinate to a superior
Story of the prodigal son
The father has two sons. The younger son asks for his portion of inheritance, but becomes prodigal (wasteful and extravagant). Consequently, he must come back to father to accept him back as a servant, and his father welcomes him back with a celebration and a party. The older son refuses to participate and is envious. The father says that the older son was always with him and all that he has is his, but the younger son was lost and is now found.
Promontory
Raised mass of land that projects into a lowland or body of water (cliff)
Rendezvous
A meeting at an agreed time and place
