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"Hamlet" Vocabulary
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12th Grade
02/27/2012
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Moiety
 Definition
a portion; a share; a half
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Auspicious
 Definition
attended by favorable circumstances
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Delate
 Definition
to carry abroad; to convey
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Suspiration
 Definition
a long, deep breath
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Satyr
 Definition
a goatlike woodland creature with a fondness for revelry
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Truncheon
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a short stick or staff
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Importunity
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an insistent or pressing demand
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Chary
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discreetly cautious
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Dalliance
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playful flirtation
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Traduce
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to expose to shame by falsehood and misrepresentation
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Doublet
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a man's close-fitting jacket worn in Renaissance Europe
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Brevity
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shortness of duration
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Declension
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a decrease or decline
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Arras
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a tapestry
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Consonancy
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friendship or concord
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Appurtenance
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something added to another, more important thing
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Carbuncles
 Definition
a painful bacterial infection of the skin through which pus is discharged
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Bodkin
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a dagger or stiletto
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Orison
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a prayer
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Cozen
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to mislead by petty trickery or fraud
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Cicatrice
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a scar
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Unction
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an ointment or oil
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Pate
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the crown of the head
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Mazzard
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the jaw, skull, or head
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Sexton
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a church employee who takes care of the church property
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Bilboes
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leg shackles
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Perdition
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eternal damnation
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Verity
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the quality of being true or real
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Poniard
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a dagger having a square or triangular blade
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Edify
 Definition
to instruct so as to encourage moral or intellectual improvement
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