Vocabuarly Quiz 1 - Hamlet Act 1

v. attack with arguments, questions, and so on

• assail
• mania
• berate
• asset

n. commandments or principles meant to serve as rules of conduct

• rhetorical criticism
• pernicious
• prudence
• precepts

adj. unyielding to reason or plea; stubborn

• agreeable
• impious
• obdurate
• obstinate

adj. of good omen for the future; favoring or conducive to success

• pernicious
• contentious
• pompous
• auspicious

adj. lacking reverence or respect for God, a parent, or other authority

• auspicious
• profane
• pernicious
• impious

adj. that warns of evil; ominous

• portentious
• imminent
• privy
• invulnerable
• pernicious

adj. likely to happen soon; threatening

• portentious
• imminent
• privy
• invulnerable
• pernicious

adj. that cannot be injured

• portentious
• imminent
• privy
• invulnerable
• pernicious

adj. highly destructive; causing ruin

• portentious
• imminent
• privy
• invulnerable
• pernicious

adj. privately informed of

• portentious
• imminent
• privy
• invulnerable
• pernicious