Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Hamlet Vocabulary Words

Countenance - appearance, especially the look or expression of the face; noun

Perilous - involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous; adj.

Sullied - to soil, stain, or tarnish; verb

Apparition - a supernatural appearance of a person or thing, especially a ghost; a specter or phantom; wraith; noun

Portentous - of the nature of a portent; momentous; adj.

Calumnious - of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory; adj.

Prodigal - wastefully or recklessly extravagant; adj.

Discourse - communication of thought by words; talk; conversation; noun

Canon - the body of rules, principles, or standards accepted as axiomatic and universally binding in a field of study or art; noun

Imminent - likely to occur at any moment; impending; adj.

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