Hamlet Act V Vocabulary
Havoc
Violent and needless disturbance; ruinous demage; calamity; chaos; confusion.
Indenture
A concave cut into a surface or edge (as in coastline); indentation.
Mason
A craftsman who works with stone or brick; constructor.
Umbrage
A feeling of anger caused by being offended; offense; annoyance; displeasure.
Tributary
A person or nation that pays tribute; paying or required to pay tribute (gift giving).
Heathen
A person who does not acknowledge the God of the Bible; pagan; agnostic; nonbeliever.
Pestilence
A serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal; a deadly or virulent epidemic disease.
Requiem
A song of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person; chant; eulogy.
Perdition
A state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; the home of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; damnation; inferno.
Amity
A state of friendship or cordiality; peaceful harmony; amicableness; cordiality; friendliness.
Imputation
A statement attributing something dishonest, especially a criminal offense;accusation; allegation; insinuation.
Gibe
A taunting or sarcastic remark; an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; a jab.
Infallible
Incapable of failure or error; absolutely trustworthy; not falliable; flawless.
Palpable
Readily or painly seen, heard, perceived, etc; capable of being handled or touched or felt; conspicuous; obvious; evident.
Felicity
State of well-being characterized by emotions ranging drom contentment to intense joy; a state of being happy; bliss; cheerfulness
Abhor
To find repugnat; hate; detest utterly; loath; abominate.
Edify
To instruct or benefit (especially moral); make understand; enlighten; uplift; educated.
Profane
To violate the sacred character of a place or language; to misuse anything that should be held in reverence or respect; defile; debase.
Asunder
Widely separated; into separate parts; in or into parts or pieces; apart.
Augury
An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come; the art of predicting, as from omens; forecaster; oracle.
Insinuation
An indirect or covert suggestion or hint, especially of a derogatory nature; innuendo; hint; suggestion.
Foil
Anything/anyone that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities; antithesis.
Imperious
Domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing; arrogant; haughty; tyrannical.
carouse
Engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking; to engage in a drunken revel; revel.
Churlish
Having a bad disposition; surly; grumpy; rude; uncivilized; difficult to work or deal with
