Hamlet Act I Vocabulary

Match the following

• unfledged

• 
• antic

• 
• besmirch

• 
• libertine

• 
• pernicious

• 

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.SL.11-12.2

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) noun

,

(b) verb

,

(c) modifier

,

(d) noun/modifier

• arrant

• antic

• traduce

• pernicious

• auspicious

• dirge

• jocund

• moiety

• harbinger

• besmirch

• beguile

• unfledged

• ingratiating

• libertine

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

The ​ (a)   children were filled with high-spirited merriment.

• jocund
• pernicious
• auspicious

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

And the academic establishment ​ (a)   it, mocked it, minimized it.

• traduced
• beguiled
• ingratiated

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

The ​ (a)   politician tried to win votes by flattering his constituents.

• obsequious
• jocund
• libertine

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Johnny was quite the ​ (a)   ; he died his hair blue and pierced his nose.

• libertine
• harbinger
• moiety

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

The coastguard, a ​ (a)   , alerted the King about the impending attack.

• harbinger
• libertine
• moiety

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

The band's performance of a ​ (a)   during the wedding did not ​ (b)   them with the audience.

• dirge
• ingratiate
• moiety
• beguile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

The ​ (a)   behavior of the host seemed out of place at the ​ (b)   awards ceremony.

• antic
• auspicious

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

The snake charmer ​ (a)   the audience with his ​ (b)   fanged adder (snake).

• beguiled
• pernicious
• besmirched
• antic

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4