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Hamlet Act 1 Vocabulary

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

unsurp

a)

make (secret or new information) known

b)

keep from sight

c)

seize and take control without authority

d)

make (something) visible by uncovering it

2.

portentous

a)

ominously prophetic

b)

attempting to impress

c)

past

d)

a preterit tense

3.

partisan

a)

a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body

b)

a pike with a long tampering blade with lateral projections

c)

holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold

d)

aware of one's own existence

4.

discretion

a)

extreme anxiety, sorrow

b)

agitated with doubt or mental conflict

c)

gathered together

d)

a trail of judging wisely and objectively

5.

mirth

a)

shining bright and steady

b)

a period or condition of freedom

c)

great merriment

d)

devoid of or abstaining from motion

6.

visage

a)

a force exerted when one body or body part presses on, pulls on, pushes against, or tends to compress or twist another body part

b)

a member of servile feudal class bound to the land and subject to the will of its owner

c)

the quality of state of being sere

d)

the appearance conveyed by a person's face

7.

obsequious

a)

attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner

b)

easy discovered, seen, or understood

c)

not ambivalent

d)

to throw into the shadow

8.

retrograde

a)

:of, relating to, or suitable to a king

b)

moving or directed or tending in a backward direction

c)

: of, relating to, or subject the crow

d)

a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another

9.

jocund

a)

one who is or remains loyal especially to a political cause, government or sovereignty

b)

unyielding firmness or endurance

c)

full of or showing high-spirited merriment

d)

to deal with successfully

10.

countenance

a)

to place so as to stay

b)

a device for setting circular saws that has an adjustable cone center and a hardened revolvable steel anvil

c)

a matter designating the person who are parties to and and essential to the validity of a document

d)

the appearance conveyed by a person's face

11.

besmirch

a)

smeared so as to make dirty or stained

b)

free from dirt or pollution

c)

not discolored by a stain

d)

not brought into conformity

12.

canker

a)

a cargo ship fitted with tanks for carrying liquid in bulk

b)

a fungal disease of woody plants that damages the bark

c)

a small military tank

d)

a review of or mediation on past evidence

13.

unfledged

a)

young and inexperienced

b)

having prestige

c)

sudden as if by magic

d)

unreasonably or perversely unyielding

14.

parley

a)

European biennial herb

b)

musing or dreamily thoughtful

c)

a judgement involving condemnation

d)

discuss, as between enemies

15.

pith

a)

a reddish colored long-tailed monkey

b)

the choicest or most vital part of some idea or experience

c)

: of, relating to, or being usually elongate

d)

a line of communication over interconnection neurons extending from one organ or center to another

16.

livery

a)

to be alive

b)

to begin to occur or to exist

c)

a uniform, especially worn by servants and chauffeurs

d)

a heavy thick board

17.

adulterate

a)

an unborn or recently born person

b)

fully developed and mature

c)

what provides amusement or enjoyment

d)

mixed with impurities

18.

enmity

a)

giving amusement

b)

having a rich feeling quality

c)

exhausted in strength

d)

a state of deep seated ill-will

19.

pernicious

a)

working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way

b)

depending on the will or pleasure of another

c)

care taken in advance

d)

a precautionary measure

20.

knave

a)

an objective or extreme devotion

b)

a spirit being superior to humans in power and intelligence

c)

a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel

d)

a graphic symbol on a computer display screen that represents an app, an object or a function

21.

antic

a)

ludicrously odd

b)

holding the attention

c)

taking a powerful hold upon one's interests or feelings

d)

greedy and grasping

22.

entreat

a)

the act or manner of entering

b)

dishes served in addition to the main course of a meal

c)

an air gap between the armature and the field magnets of a dynamo or motor

d)

ask for request earnestly

23.

auspicious

a)

power to influence or command though, opinion, or behavior

b)

to invest especially without legal authority

c)

the writer or a literary work

d)

indicating favorable circumstances of good luck

24.

filial

a)

not to be altered or undone

b)

relating to or characteristic of or befitting an off-spring

c)

related to finance or financiers

d)

a theory of belief holding that a particular entity or domain is finite

25.

hallowed

a)

an unfilled space

b)

become yellow through age

c)

featuring sensational or scandalous item or ordinary news sensationally distorted

d)

worthy of religious veneration