Hamlet Act 4-5 Vocab

convocation

assembly

politic

shrewd

oblivion

forgetfulness

arraign

accuse

superfluous

unnecessary

collateral

secondary, indirect

hatchment

tablet with a dead person's coat of arms

livery

uniform, clothing

mountebank

seller of quack medicines

providence

divine guidance

craven

cowardly; lacking courage or bravery; (archaic) defeated; vanquished

scruple

a minute part or quantity; iota; an ethical consideration or principle that inhibits action

exhort

to incite by argument or advices to urge strongly

imminent

ready to take place; hanging threateningly over one's head

conjecture

a conclusion deduced by surmise or guesswork

inter

to deposit a dead body in the earth or tomb

abate

to put an end to; to reduce the intensity of

remiss

negligent in the performance of work or duty; careless; lax

peruse

to examine or consider with attention and in detail; to study; to read

flagon

container

abhor

loathe

shard

broken piece, fragment

requiem

hymn for the dead

conjuration

solemn appeal

diligence

earnest effort

dearth

scarcity

augury

omen

palpable

tangible, obvious

felicity

bliss, happiness

circumvent

to hem in; to make a circuit around; to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem

equivocation

words used to avoid committing oneself; lies

gibe

to utter taunting words; to deride or tease; to scoff

obsequies

funeral or burial rites

amnity

friendship

perdition

utter destruction; eternal damnation; hell

verity

truth

carouse

(archaic) a large draft of liquor; a drunken revel; (v) to drink liquor deeply or freely