| Adversary | one’s opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute |
| Abased | behave in a way that belittles or degrades someone |
| Spurious | not being what it purports to be; false or fake |
| Despondency | low spirits from loss of hope or courage |
| Rankled | cause continusing annoyance or resentment |
| Subordinate | lower in rank or position |
| Approbation | approval or praise |
| Suppliants | a person making a humble or earnest plea to someone in power |
| Wan | pale and giving the impression of illness or exhaustion |
| Untenable | not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection |
| Uncouth | lacking good manners, refinement or grace |
| Pretext | a reason given in justification of a course of action that is not the real reason |
| Insolent | showinga rude and arrogant lack of respect |
| Ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| Placable | easily calmed; gentle and forgiving |
| Vestige | a trace or remanat of something that is disappearing or no longer exists |
| Corroborated | confirm or give support to |
| Commiserate | express or feel sympathy or pity |
| Entreat | ask earnestly or anxiously |
| Affront | an action or remark that causes out rage or offence |
| Diabolical | characterisics of the devil or evil |
| Surmising | suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it |
| Appalled | greatly dismay or horrify |
| Felicitous | well chosen or suited to the circumstances…pleasing and fortunate |
| Transfixed | cause someone to become motionless with horror or wonder |
| Trepidation | a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen |
| Exonerated | absolve from blame for a fault or wrong doing… release someoe from duty |
| Emphatic | expressing something forcibly and clearly |
| Dissuading | persuade not to take a particular course of action |
| Augmented | having been made greater in size or value |
| Erudition | the quality of having or showing great knowledge or learning |
| Venerated | respected |
| Reproachful | expressing disapproval or disappointment |
| Tremulous | shaking or quivering slightly… timid; nervous |
| Absolve | declare someone free from guilt, obligation, or punishment |
| Amiable | having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner |
| Genteel | exaggerated or affected politeness, refinement, respectability |
| Odious | extremely unpleasant; repulsive |
| Affable | friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to |
| Irrepressible | not be able to be controlled or retrained |
| Unreservedly | not restricted; full; entire; unqualified |
| Dolefully | expressing sorrow…causing grief |
| Audacious | showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks |
| Abashed | embarrassed, ashamed, remorseful |
| Compress | flatten by pressure; squeeze or press |
| Guileless | innocent and without deception |
| Obscurely | not discovered or known about; uncertain |
| Benefactor | a person who gives money or other help to a person or cause |
English 4 Hamlet Vocabulary
August 21, 2019