Hamlet: Act 4 & 5 -- Vocabulary Definitions

What is the definition of the word "calumnious"?

• Relating to a person who is morally unrestrained

• Involving false and malicious statements

• To increase in size or intensity

• A type of reddish-brown color

What does the word "circumscribed" mean?

• To be limited or confined within boundaries

• To be persuasive or convincing

• To support or maintain

• To carve or engrave

Define the term "importunity."

• A state of being persistent, especially to the point of annoyance

• A type of reddish-brown color

• To increase in size or intensity

• To be morally unrestrained

What is the meaning of the word "russet"?

• A type of reddish-brown color

• To carve or engrave

• To support or maintain

• Involving false and malicious statements

What does the word "waxes" refer to in terms of growth?

• To decrease in size or intensity

• To increase in size or intensity

• To be limited or confined within boundaries

• To be persuasive or convincing

Define the term "carve."

• To engrave or cut into a surface

• To be morally unrestrained

• To support or maintain

• A state of being persistent, especially to the point of annoyance

What is the definition of "credent"?

• To be persuasive or convincing

• To be limited or confined within boundaries

• Involving false and malicious statements

• A type of reddish-brown color

What does the word "libertine" mean?

• Relating to a person who is morally unrestrained

• To increase in size or intensity

• To support or maintain

• To engrave or cut into a surface

Define the term "sustain."

• To support or maintain

• To be limited or confined within boundaries

• To be persuasive or convincing

• A state of being persistent, especially to the point of annoyance

What is the meaning of the word "withal"?

• In addition; besides

• To decrease in size or intensity

• To engrave or cut into a surface

• Relating to a person who is morally unrestrained