Hamlet Vocabulary
Match the voc words to the best definition.
Act I
1.
Act I
_____apparition
2.
_____ countenance
3.
_____ discourse
4.
_____ imminent
5.
_____ perilous
6.
_____ prodigal
7.
_____ sullied
Act II
8.
ready to happen, inevitable
ghost, spirit
tarnished
face, expression
wasteful; extravagant
conversation
dangerous
Act II
_____ commission
9.
_____ firmament
10.
_____ pestilent
11.
_____ promontory
12.
_____ sovereign
13.
_____ tedious
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
sky
dull and lifeless
order
destructive, deadly
supreme in power
high land jutting into the sea
Act III
Act III
14.
_____ paradox
15.
_____ perceive
16.
_____ pious
17.
_____ resolution
Act IV
18.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
a.
b.
c.
d.
firmness
devout
notice; see
something that seems not to be true
but is
Act IV
_____convocation
19.
_____ cunning
20.
_____ impetuous
21.
_____ profound
22.
_____ rendezvous
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
meeting, encounter
gathering
hasty, impulsive
having intellectual depth
skill in deception
Act V
Act V
23.
_____ conjure
24.
_____ treachery
25.
_____equivocation
a.
b.
c.
call up
a statement with two possible
interpretations
act of disloyalty