| apparition | an unexpected appearance; a ghost |
| usurp | to seize by power or force |
| brazen | shameless, impudent |
| harbinger | a forerunner |
| extort | to obtain by threats or intimidation |
| auspicious | favorable |
| dirge | a lament for the dead; a song of grief |
| visage | a face |
| filal | of a son or daughter |
| retrogade | moving backward |
| jocund | cheerful |
| dexterity | skill in using one’s hands or body |
| importunity | persistence in in requesting or demanding |
| prodigal | recklessly wasteful |
| calumny | slander |
| imminent | impending, likely to occur |
| libertine | dissolute (or one who leads such a life) |
| dalliance | play; frivolous action |
| precepts | rules of conduct; commands |
| censure | to condemn |
| purge | to get rid of or cleanse (regarding regarding impurities or guilt) |
| dispatch | to send off; to kill |
| pernicious | harmful |
| impunity | freedom from punishment or injury |
| sully | to soil or stain by disgrace |
| gaming | gambling |
| entreat | to request earnestly, to beg |
| expostulate | to reason with, protest |
| artful | cunning, sly |
| soliciting | begging |
| surmise | guess |
| repulse | to drive back; to reject |
| pestilent | diseased, deadly |
| quintessence | pure essnce; a perfect example of a quality |
| appurtenance | a subordinate part; an adjunct |
| abridgement | abbreviation, condensation |
| niggardly | stingy |
| beseech | to implore |
| wont | a habit or custom |
| consummation | fufillment, completion |
| contumely | an insulting remark; slander |
| insolence | rudneess, contempt |
| resolution | great determination |
| orisons | prayers |
| buffet | to slap or punch |
| clemency | mildness esp. of weather, mercy |
| rank | foul-smelling; unmistakably bad |
| bulwark | defensive wall |
| incorporeal | not composed of matter; ghost-like |
| discourse | a speech or lecture |
| unction | act of anointing with oil; that which soothes |
| abstinence | doing without esp. food and alcohol |
| mandate | an order or command |
| discord | a conflict or disagreement |
| convocation | a group that has been called together |
| oblivion | forgetfulness |
| incensed | enraged, angered |
| abate | to wane, become less |
| remiss | negligent, lax in performance of duty |
| lay | song |
| circumvent | to evade, find a way around |
| obsequies | funeral rites |
| churlish | ill-mannered or rude |
| requiem | music or dirge for the dead |
| indiscretion | an indiscreet action or statement |
| dearth | scarcity or lack |
| winnowing | sifting, fanning |
| foil | to frustrate, thwart; a long thin sword with blunt point used in fencing |
| carouse | to drink and be merry |
| havoc | widespread destruction, ruin |
Hamlet Vocab Words
July 21, 2019