hamlet vocab Flashcards

(35 cards)

1
Q

usurp

A

seize unfairly

v

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avouch

A

declare, acknowledgment

v

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3
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martial

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military

adj

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4
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portentous

A

significant

adj

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5
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harbinger

A

comes before

n

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6
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dirge

A

funeral song

n

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7
Q

impious

A

unholy

adj

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8
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jocund

A

merry

adj

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9
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circumscribe

A

limit, confine

v

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10
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dalliance

A

flirtation

n

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11
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perusal

A

careful reading

n

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12
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precept

A

rule of conduct

n

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13
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extremity

A

umost limit

n

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14
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firmament

A

heavens

n

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15
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paragon

A

model of perfection

n

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16
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gratis

17
Q

savory

A

appetizing

adj

18
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chronicles

19
Q

cleave

20
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malefaction

21
Q

visage

22
Q

consummation

23
Q

orison

24
Q

paradox

A

apparent contradiction

n

25
calumny
slanderous accusation | n
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who in place of
he, she, they
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whom in place of
him, them
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thou/thee in place of
you
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thine in place of
your
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thy comes before a
consonant
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thine comes before a
vowel
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thee/thou/thine
you, friend
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you/your
adult, group, out of respect
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thou in place of
he, she, they
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thee in place of
him, them