Hamlet Act I Vocab

Front

Seize control without authority, possibly by force.

Back

Usurp

Front

Ludicrously odd; abnormal

Back

Antic

Front

Something that indicates the approach of something or someone

Back

Harbinger

Front

Attract; cause to be enamored

Back

Beguile

Front

A pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th-17th centuries

Back

Partisan

Front

Negotiation between enemies

Back

Parley

Front

Auguring favorable circumstances and good luck

Back

Auspicious

Front

Relating to or characteristic of an offspring

Back

Filial

Front

Full of or showing high-spirited merriment

Back

Jocund

Front

Absent without permission

Back

Truant