| Entreat | (v) To beg |
| Assail | (V) Attack violently, assault (normally verbally) |
| Brazen | (adj.) shameless, impudent; made of brass |
| Emulate | (v) to copy; to try to excel |
| Mettle | (n) strength; courage; endurance |
| Portentous | (adj) of momentous or ominous significance; (v)= to portent |
| Harbinger | An announcer; A person or thing that is a symbol of what is to come |
| Obsequious | (adj) Overly submissive and eager to please (negative connotation) |
| Beseech | (v) To beg, to plead, impolore (a little more begg;y and a little less acting nicely) |
| Countenance | (n) A person’s face or facial expression (v) to support or agree with |
| Besmirch | verb: damage the good name and reputation of someon |
| Beguile | (v) To bewitch/ seduce into your way of thinking |
| Sepulcher | (n) A tomb, grave, or burial place (adj) like the grave or tomb: i.e. the mood was sepulcher=gloomy sad mood |
| Lewd | offensive in a sexual manner |
| Antic | (v) to act in a bizarre way (n) his antics were a little crazy |
| Sully | to dirty, to taint, to tarnish (you can sully someone’s reputation or your clothes, you can’t besmirch your clothes) |
| Gentry | A general term for a class of prosperous families, sometimes including but often ranked below the rural aristocrats. |
| Expostulate | (v.) toargue with someone and trying to get them to chage their mind using logic; to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning |
| Carrion | (n) dead and rotting flesh |
| Quintessence | (n) the perfect or most typical example |
Oryniak Hamlet 1-20
August 14, 2019