| usurp | to seize or exercise authority or possession wrongfully |
| martial | warlike, relating to army or military life |
| bode | foretell |
| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit, stamina, courage |
| resolute | bold, steady, marked by firm determination |
| portentous | eliciting amazement or wonder, prodigious or ominous |
| auspicious | affording a favorable appearance |
| impotent | lacking in power, strength, or vigor |
| impious | not showing respect or reverence |
| wax | increase in size |
| besmirch | stain, soil, tarnish |
| credence | belief or acceptance of something being true or real |
| chary | cautious |
| calumnious | slanderous |
| dalliance | to waste time |
| censure | opinion, judgment |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence, beg |
| beguile | to trick or deceive |
| traduce | condemned, to expose to shame or blame by misinterpretation or falsehood |
| pith | central part, core |
| ponderous | massive or of great size |
| sate | satisfy, gorge |
| pernicious | causing insidious harm or ruin, wicked |
| antic | strange behavior, clownish extravagance, absurdity |
| wanton/wantonness | hard to control, undisciplined, unruly |
| incontinent | lacking self-control |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished |
| quintessence | essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form |
| mince | chop up |
| clamor | loud uproar |
| epitaph | poem to praise deceased |
| lecherous | inordinate indulgence of sexual activity |
| malefaction | crime, offense |
| affront | appear directly before |
| consummation | achievement, completion |
| contumely | harsh treatment of language arising from haughtiness or contempt |
| bodkin | dagger |
| quietus | final settlement, removal from activity |
| orisons | prayers |
| relish | to take pleasure in |
| calumny | false statement designed to stain the reputation of someone |
| melancholy | gloomy state of mind |
| temperance | moderation or self-restraint in action, self-control |
| commeddled | evenly mixd together |
| extant | existent |
| choler/choleric | anger |
| humor | state of feeling, bodily “humors,” fluid or juice of animal or plant, specifically one of the 4 fluids entering into the constitution of the body, and determine a person’s health and temmperament in the balances |
| weal | prosperity, happiness, well-being |
| rank | absolute, rigorous, indecent |
| apoplexy | a sudden loss of bodily function |
| cozen | to deceive, cheat |
| ardor | great warmth, fervor, passion |
| incorporeal | unsubstantial, characteristic of nonmaterial beings |
| scourge | to punish, a “whip” |
| providence | prudent |
| craven | cowardly, lacking courage |
| scrupulous/unscrupulous | be principles, ethical consideration or principle that inhibits action |
| conjecture | guess, infer, conclusion deduced by guesswork |
| superfluous | unnecessary, excessive |
| abatements/abate | reductions/to reduce |
| remiss | negligent, languid |
Hamlet Vocabulary
July 15, 2019