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Hamlet Vocabulary #2
Last 58 words of the 123 word list -- Words from Shakespeare's Hamlet
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12th Grade
11/09/2010
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Incorporeal

 

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(adj) Spiritual or Metaphysical
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Impious
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(adj) Disrespectful; Lacking reverence
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Lecherous
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(adj) Adulterous

 
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Meretricious
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(adj) Tawdry; Trashy
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Maudlin
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(adj) Foolishly sentimental
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Misanthrope
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(n) Someone who dislikes people in general
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Mutiny
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(n) Open rebellion
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Neophyte
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(n) A Novice
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Ostentatious
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(adj) Excessively showy
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Obsequious
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(adj) Overly compliant or willing to serve
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Obstinate
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(adj) Stubborn
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Obstreperous
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(adj) Noisy and difficult to control
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Parsimony
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(n) Thrift
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Prate
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(v) To prattle in foolish talk
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Privy
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(n) Outhouse; Restroom
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Paragon
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(n) Idol
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Prodigal
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(adj) Lavishl; wasteful
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Perfunctory
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(adj) Lacking care; done as if a daily routine
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Portent
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(n) An omen
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Precept
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(n) A guide for morals
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Philistine
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(n) person who is unreceptive or hostile towards culture

 

(adj) uncultured
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Promontory
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(n) High cliff or headland
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Peevish
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(adj) Irritable; Irascible
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Perdition
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(n) Damnation
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Pithy
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(adj) Short; Brief
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Pernicious
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(adj) Fatal or ruinous
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Peruse
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(v) To read carefully; Scrutinize
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Partisan
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(n) Adherent or supporter of a group or party; Emotional allegiance
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Piquant
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(adj) Stimulating to the mind
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Precursor
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(n) Something that occurs before and signals something that is to come
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Ponderous
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(adj) Heavy; Bulky; Awkard
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Qualm
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(n) Remorse
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Quaint
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(adj) Old-Fashioned
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Rouse
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(v) To awaken
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Retrograde
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(adj) moving backward
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Remonstrate
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(v) To protest
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Rhapsody
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(n) Ecstacy
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Rant
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(n) vehement speech
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Rood
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(n) Crucifix
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Sear
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(v) To burn
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Sentinel
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(n) Gaurd
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Sepulcher
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(n) Grave
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Satyr
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(n) Mythical half-man, half-goat with great carnal need
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Sycophant
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(n) A kiss up
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Salubrious
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(adj) Promoting health
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Sovereign
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(adj) Above
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Stealthy
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(adj) Secretive
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Sully
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(v) To soil or tarnish
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Spurn
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(v) To scorn
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Tryst
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(n) Secret meeting
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Tantamount
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(adj) As good as; equal to
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Tenable
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(adj) perceptible
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Volition
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(n) Free will
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Vacillate
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(v) To waver in opinion
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Vouchsafe
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(v) To allow
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Wane/Wax
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(v) to decrease/ to become; increase
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Wan
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(adj) Pale
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Zealot/Zealous
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(n/adj) passionate person/passionate
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