AP Literature & Composition - "Hamlet" Flashcards

8036540260	usurp	to seize or exercise authority or possession wrongfully	0
8036540261	martial	warlike, relating to army or military life	1
8036540262	bode	foretell	2
8036540263	mettle	vigor and strength of spirit, stamina, courage	3
8036540264	resolute	bold, steady, marked by firm determination	4
8036540265	portentous	eliciting amazement or wonder, prodigious or ominous	5
8036540266	auspicious	affording a favorable appearance	6
8036540267	impotent	lacking in power, strength, or vigor	7
8036540268	impious	not showing respect or reverence	8
8036540269	wax	increase in size	9
8036540270	besmirch	stain, soil, tarnish	10
8036540271	credence	belief or acceptance of something being true or real	11
8036540272	chary	cautious	12
8036540273	calumnious	slanderous	13
8036540274	dalliance	to waste time	14
8036540275	censure	opinion, judgment	15
8036540276	importune	to press or urge with troublesome persistence, beg	16
8036540277	beguile	to trick or deceive	17
8036540278	traduce	condemned, to expose to shame or blame by misinterpretation or falsehood	18
8036540279	pith	central part, core	19
8036540280	ponderous	massive or of great size	20
8036540281	sate	satisfy, gorge	21
8036540282	pernicious	causing insidious harm or ruin, wicked	22
8036540283	antic	strange behavior, clownish extravagance, absurdity	23
8036540284	wanton/wantonness	hard to control, undisciplined, unruly	24
8036540285	incontinent	lacking self-control	25
8036540286	sully	to make soiled or tarnished	26
8036540287	quintessence	essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form	27
8036540288	mince	chop up	28
8036540289	clamor	loud uproar	29
8036540290	epitaph	poem to praise deceased	30
8036540291	lecherous	inordinate indulgence of sexual activity	31
8036540292	malefaction	crime, offense	32
8036540293	*****rd	miser, stingy	33
8036540294	affront	appear directly before	34
8036540295	consummation	achievement, completion	35
8036540296	contumely	harsh treatment of language arising from haughtiness or contempt	36
8036540297	bodkin	dagger	37
8036540298	quietus	final settlement, removal from activity	38
8036540299	orisons	prayers	39
8036540300	relish	to take pleasure in	40
8036540301	calumny	false statement designed to stain the reputation of someone	41
8036540302	melancholy	gloomy state of mind	42
8036540303	temperance	moderation or self-restraint in action, self-control	43
8036540304	commeddled	evenly mixd together	44
8036540305	extant	existent	45
8036540306	choler/choleric	anger	46
8036540307	humor	state of feeling, bodily "humors," fluid or juice of animal or plant, specifically one of the 4 fluids entering into the constitution of the body, and determine a person's health and temmperament in the balances	47
8036540308	weal	prosperity, happiness, well-being	48
8036540309	rank	absolute, rigorous, indecent	49
8036540310	apoplexy	a sudden loss of bodily function	50
8036540311	cozen	to deceive, cheat	51
8036540312	ardor	great warmth, fervor, passion	52
8036540313	incorporeal	unsubstantial, characteristic of nonmaterial beings	53
8036540314	scourge	to punish, a "whip"	54
8036540315	providence	prudent	55
8036540316	craven	cowardly, lacking courage	56
8036540317	scrupulous/unscrupulous	be principles, ethical consideration or principle that inhibits action	57
8036540318	conjecture	guess, infer, conclusion deduced by guesswork	58
8036540319	superfluous	unnecessary, excessive	59
8036540320	abatements/abate	reductions/to reduce	60
8036540321	remiss	negligent, languid	61