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Hamlet Overall Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

adj. demanding; stubbornly and annoyingly insistent

a)

paragon

b)

importunate

c)

circumvent

d)

precedent

2.

n. pl. crimes; wrongdoings

a)

malefactions

b)

impious

c)

pernicious

d)

prodigal

3.

n. model; perfect example of something

a)

portentous

b)

calumnious

c)

paragon

d)

calamity

4.

adj. about to happen

a)

impious

b)

edified

c)

arraign

d)

imminent

5.

n. deep trouble or misery

a)

circumvent

b)

calumnious

c)

calamity

d)

convocation

6.

adv. in a way that shows disrespect for sacred things

a)

potency

b)

obsequies

c)

profanely

d)

precedent

7.

n. power; effectiveness

a)

convocation

b)

paragon

c)

prodigal

d)

potency

8.

n. assembly; group gathered together for a meeting

a)

convocation

b)

calumnious

c)

circumvent

d)

arraign

9.

v. to urge strongly

a)

potency

b)

calamity

c)

exhort

d)

equivocation

10.

adj. deadly; destructive

a)

pernicious

b)

prodigal

c)

profanely

d)

potency

11.

adj. recklessly extravagant or generous; lavish

a)

arraign

b)

circumvent

c)

impious

d)

prodigal

12.

v. to charge; to accuse

a)

pernicious

b)

convocation

c)

arraign

d)

precedent

13.

v. to get the better of by craft or ingenuity

a)

exhort

b)

importunate

c)

circumvent

d)

precedent

14.

n. the use of language that is deliberately vague or misleading

a)

edified

b)

obsequies

c)

potency

d)

equivocation

15.

adj. lacking respect or piety

a)

portentous

b)

impious

c)

exhort

d)

calamity

16.

n. pl. funeral ceremonies

a)

obsequies

b)

profanely

c)

pernicious

d)

malefactions

17.

adj. ominous; foreboding

a)

pernicious

b)

imminent

c)

portentous

d)

equivocation

18.

n. action, statement, decision, or thing that may serve as an example, reason, or justification for a later one

a)

importunate

b)

potency

c)

precedent

d)

paragon

19.

adj. enlightened; instructed

a)

edified

b)

exhort

c)

impious

d)

calamity

20.

adj. slanderous

a)

calamity

b)

circumvent

c)

calumnious

d)

imminent