Vocabulary Hamlet

Question 1

Adulterate

Answer 1

mixed with impurities

Ex: Unsurprisingly, my adulterate classmate spread another rumor about me.

Question 2

Antic

Answer 2

Ludicrously odd

Synonym: grotesque, bizarre

Question 3

Arrant

Answer 3

complete and without qualification

Ex: What arrant nonsense!

Question 4

Auspicious

Answer 4

indicating favorable circumstances and good luck

Ex: My client made an auspicious debut considering we did not have enough money to fund his performance.

Question 5

Beguile

Answer 5

influence by slyness

Ex: I beguiled my mom into giving me 50 dollars for new clothes.

Question 6

Beseech

Answer 6

ask for or request earnestly

Ex: we beseech thee, hear us

Question 7

Besmirch

Answer 7

smear so as to make dirty or stained

Ex: That rumor besmirched my reputation

Question 8

canker

Answer 8

fungal disease of woody plants that damages the bark

Question 9

Canonize

Answer 9

declare (a dead person) to be a saint

Question 10

Censure

Answer 10

harsh criticism or disapproval

Question 11

Chary

Answer 11

characterized by great caution

Question 12

contrive

Answer 12

make or work out a plan for; devise

Question 13

Countenance

Answer 13

the appearance conveyed by a person’s face

Question 14

discourse

Answer 14

extended verbal expression in speech or writing

Question 15

Discretion

Answer 15

the trait of judging wisely and objectively

Question 16

Enmity

Answer 16

a state of deep-seated ill-will

Question 17

Entreat

Answer 17

ask for or request earnestly

Question 18

filial

Answer 18

relation to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring

Question 19

hallowed

Answer 19

worthy of religious veneration

Question 20

harbinger

Answer 20

something indicating the approach of something or someone

Question 21

impious

Answer 21

lacking due respect or dutifulness

Question 22

jocund

Answer 22

full or showing high-spirited merriment

Question 23

knave

Answer 23

a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel

Question 24

libertine

Answer 24

a dissolute person

Question 25

livery

Answer 25

a uniform, especially worn by servants and chauffers

Question 26

mirth

Answer 26

great merriment

Question 27

moiety

Answer 27

a part or portion of something

Question 28

obsequious

Answer 28

attentive in and ingratiating or servile manner

Question 29

parley

Answer 29

discuss, as between enemies

Question 30

partisan

Answer 30

a pike with a long tapering blade with lateral projections

Question 31

pernicious

Answer 31

working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way

Question 32

pith

Answer 32

the choicest or most vital part of some idea or experience

Question 33

portentous

Answer 33

ominously prophetic

Question 34

prodigal

Answer 34

recklessly wasteful

Question 35

retrograde

Answer 35

moving or directed or tending in a backward direction

Question 36

sable

Answer 36

a very dark black

Question 37

traduce

Answer 37

speak unfavorably about

Question 38

unfledged

Answer 38

young and inexperienced

Question 39

usurp

Answer 39

seize and take control without authority

Question 40

visage

Answer 40

the appearance conveyed by a person's face