| cudgel | a short heavy club |
| abhorred | hated; despised |
| splenitive | Quick-tempered |
| pall | become less interesting or attractive |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| scant | Barely enough |
| felicity | happiness; bliss |
| circumvent | to avoid |
| gibes | mocking remarks, jokes |
| asunder | into parts or pieces |
| amities | Friendship; peaceful harmony |
| verity | truth; reality |
| carouses | drinking and celebrating noisily |
| lest | for fear that |
| (the) quick | the sensitive skin under your fingernails and toenails |
| profane | lewd, indecent |
| prate | idle or foolish and irrelevant talk |
| shriving | confessing of sins |
| sore | causing misery or pain or distress |
| dally | to waste time, to stall |
| equivocation | intentionally vague or ambiguous |
| churlish | lacking politeness or good manners; lacking sensitivity; difficult to work with or deal with; rude |
| insinuation | hint, suggestion, reference, implication |
| purposed | decided |
| swoon | to faint from extreme emotion |
Hamlet Act 5-vocabulary
August 4, 2019