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Hamlet Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Act I
1. canon n. – Church law
2. discourse n. - conversation
3. perilous adj. – dangerous
4. sullied adj. - tarnished

Act II
5. sovereign adj. – supreme in power
6. tedious adj.- dull and lifeless

Act III
7. paradox n.- something that seems absurd or against reason, but may nonetheless be true
8. perceive v. – notice see
9. pious adj. – devout
10. resolution n.- firmness; resolve

Act IV
11. abatement n. - decline; end
12. convocation n. – gathering
13. cunning adj. - skill in deception
14. profound adj. – having intellectual depth; intensely felt
15. rendezvous n. – meeting; encounter

Act V.
16. churlish adj. – ill mannered
17. conjure v. – call up
18. potent adj. – strong; effective
19. treachery n. – act of disloyalty

Literary term
20. soliloquy n. – in drama, a moment when the character is alone and speaks his/her thought aloud

Hamlet

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