Portentous | full of unspecifiable significance, exciting wonder and awe |
invulnerable | immune to attack, impregnable, impossible to damade, injure, or wound |
malicious | deadly, destructive |
filial | The relationship of a child or offspring to a parent |
prodigal | Rashly or wastefully extravagent |
vow | An earnest promise |
pernicious | Spiteful |
ambiguous | Open to more than one interpretation |
afflict | To inflict grievous physical or mental suffering on |
Discretion | Ability or power to decide responsibly |
Entreat | To make an earnest request of |
Beseech | To address an earnet or urgent request to; implore |
Contrive | To plan with cleverness or ingenuity |
Paragon | A model of excellence or perfection of a kind |
Apurtenance | Something added to another,more important thing; an appendage |
Epitaph | An inscription on a tombstone in memory of the one buried there |
commingled | blended |
knavish | untrustworthy, dishonest |
contagion | harmful or corrupting influence |
sinews | tendons, muscles |
visage | the face or facial expression |
piteous | demanding or arousing pity |
scourge | A means of inflicting severe suffering, vengeance, or punishment |
divulging | becoming known |
discord | tension or strife |
replication | a reply to an answer, a rejoinder |
convocation | assembly |
imminent | about to occur, impending |
superfluous | being beyond what is required or sufficient |
abatements | reductions in amount, degree, or intensity |
base | the lowest or bottom part |
churlish | difficult to work with |
conjuration | influence or effect by a supernatural power |
perdition | loss of the soul; eternal damnation |
extolment | high praise |
aloof | distant physically or emotionally |
felicity | great happiness; bliss |
carnal | of or relating to the body or flesh; bodily |
Hamlet Vocabulary
July 20, 2019