Vocabulary Hamlet Act 2

Question 1

Encompassment

Answer 1

surround and have or hold within (enclose, hold).

Question 2

Scandal

Answer 2

An action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage:

Question 3

Inclination

Answer 3

A person’s natural tendency or urge to act or feel in a particular way; a disposition or propensity. (Tendancy).

Question 4

Piteous

Answer 4

Deserving or arousing pity.

Question 5

Gentry

Answer 5

People of good social position, specifically (in the UK) the class of people next below the nobility in position and birth:

Question 6

Entreaty

Answer 6

An earnest or humble request:

Question 7

Rebuke

Answer 7

Express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behavior or actions:

Question 8

Tedious

Answer 8

Too long, slow, or dull; tiresome or monotonous.

Question 9

Vile

Answer 9

Extremely unpleasant, of little worth or value.

Question 10

repulse

Answer 10

The action of driving back an attacking force or of being driven back:

Question 11

Declension

Answer 11

A condition of decline or moral deterioration:

Question 12

Carrion

Answer 12

The decaying flesh of dead animals:

Question 13

Conjure

Answer 13

Implore (someone) to do something.

Question 14

Faculty

Answer 14

An inherent mental or physical power

Question 15

Paragon

Answer 15

A person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality: