Vocab List #4: Hamlet Act III

Question 1

turbulent

Answer 1

adj. characterized by unrest or disorder

Question 2

affront

Answer 2

n. a deliberately offensive act

v. to treat, mention, or speak rudely to

Question 3

espial

Answer 3

n. the act of catching sight of/detecting something

Question 4

pious

Answer 4

adj. having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity

Question 5

calamity

Answer 5

n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

Question 6

insolence

Answer 6

n. the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties

Question 7

spurn

Answer 7

v. to reject with contempt

Question 8

quietus

Answer 8

n. euphemisms for death

Question 9

bodkin

Answer 9

n. a dagger with a slender blade

Question 10

pith

Answer 10

n. the most essential/vital part of some idea/experience

Question 11

awry

Answer 11

adv./adj. turned or twisted to oneside; away from expected course

Question 12

orison

Answer 12

n. reverent position to a deity

Question 13

knave

Answer 13

n. a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel

Question 14

temperance

Answer 14

n. the trait of avoiding/abstaining from excess

Question 15

calumny

Answer 15

n. a false accusation of an offense/malicious misrepresentation of someone’s words or actions

Question 16

termagant

Answer 16

n. a scolding, nagging, bad-tempered woman

Question 17

withers

Answer 17

n. the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals

Question 18

gambol

Answer 18

v. to play boisterously

Question 19

unction

Answer 19

n. anointing as part of a religious ceremony

n. excessive, but superficial compliments given with affected charm

Question 20

prate

Answer 20

v. to speak (of unimportance) rapidly

n. idle/foolish and irrelevant talk

Question 21

apparition

Answer 21

n. a ghostly appearing figure