Vocab List #5: Hamlet Act V

Question 1

heathen

Answer 1

n. a person who does not acknowledge your god

Question 2

indenture

Answer 2

n. (v.) formal agreement between issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt

Question 3

pestilence

Answer 3

n. any epidemic disease with a high death rate

Question 4

flagon

Answer 4

n. a large metal with a handle and spout, used to hold alcoholic beverages

Question 5

gibe

Answer 5

v. (n.) to laugh at with contempt and derision

Question 6

imperious

Answer 6

adj. having/showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those views as unworthy

Question 7

betoken

Answer 7

v. to be a signal for/to indicate by signs

Question 8

profane

Answer 8

adj. grossly irrelevant toward what is held to be sacred

Question 9

requiem

Answer 9

n. a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person

Question 10

churlish

Answer 10

adj. having a bad disposition; surly; rude

Question 11

asunder

Answer 11

adv. into parts or pieces (apart)

adj. separated widely

Question 12

yeoman

Answer 12

n. a free man who cultivates his own land

Question 13

tributary

Answer 13

n. a branch that flows into the main stream

adj. paying tribute

Question 14

amity

Answer 14

n. a state of friendship and cordiality

Question 15

changeling

Answer 15

n. a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy

Question 16

insinuation

Answer 16

n. an indirect (usually malicious) implication

Question 17

perdition

Answer 17

n. the place/state which one suffers eternal punishment

Question 18

umbrage

Answer 18

n. a feeling of anger caused by being offended

Question 19

foil

Answer 19

n. an enhancer
n. light, slender sword tipped by a button
v. hinder or prevent

Question 20

carouse

Answer 20

v. to engage in boisterous, drunken, merrymaking

Question 21

edify

Answer 21

v. to make understand

Question 22

imputation

Answer 22

n. the attribution to a source or cause

Question 23

infallible

Answer 23

adj. incapable of failure or error