English 12
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Hamlet: Vocabulary List #2
entreat
beseech
contrive
paragon
appurtenance
epitaph
commingled
knavish
contagion
sinews
to make an earnest request of
to address an earnest or urgent request to; implore
to plan with cleverness or ingenuity
a model of excellence or perfection of a kind
something added to another, more important thing; an appendage
an inscription on a tombstone in memory of the one buried there
blended
unprincipled
harmful or corrupting influence
tendons; muscles
Directions: Write a sentence using each vocabulary word.
1. entreat
…I entreat you both…That you vouchsafe your rest here in our Court / Some little time
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2. beseech
And I beseech you instantly to visit / My too much changed son.
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3. contrive
I will leave him, and suddenly contrive the means of meeting between him and my daughter.
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4. paragon
What a piece of work is a man!.../ The paragon of animals!
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5. appurtenance
The appurtenance of welcome is fashion and ceremony.
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6. epitaph
After your death you wer better have a bad epitaph than their ill report while you live.
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7. commingled
And blest are those/ Whose blood and judgment are so well commingled / That they are not a pipe for
fortune’s finger
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ELA Content Standards 1.0 (Word Analysis and Vocabulary Development), 1.1 and 1.2
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8. knavish
…’Tis a knavish piece of / work, but what o’ that?
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9. contagion
‘Tis now the very witching time of night, / When churchyards yawn and Hell itself breathes out / Contagion
to this world.
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10. sinews
Be soft as sinews of the newborn babe!
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ELA Content Standards 1.0 (Word Analysis and Vocabulary Development), 1.1 and 1.2