"Hamlet" vocabulary 57 words

under a curse

characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air

wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia

lewd or obscene talk or writing

wish harm upon; invoke evil upon

a dagger with a slender blade

an archaic term for a boundary

characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation

(used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign

a serviceman in the artillery

a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.

a storage area in a cellar

burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped

a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole

a European corvine bird of small or medium size with red legs and glossy black plumage

a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue

a fraudulent business scheme

a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places

including entirely

an unfledged or nestling hawk

a burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle)

rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted

a manner that is serious and solemn

a saw used with one hand for cutting wood

a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece

the act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement

a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)

a state of confusion

impoliteness resulting from ignorance

make lighter or brighter

ulcerated chilblain on the heel

large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs

wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting

(Greek mythology) an enormous lion strangled by Hercules as the first of his 12 labors

overtaken by night or darkness

having influence or producing an effect

surpass someone in cruelty or evil

an explosive device used to break down a gate or wall

expressing or manifesting praise or approval

a life of ease and pleasure

breathing laboriously or convulsively

the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other

euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)

a watery discharge from the mucous membranes (especially from the eyes or nose)

noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

a hypothesis that is taken for granted

an utterance made by exhaling audibly

resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy

(Roman mythology) goddess of the earth; protector of marriage and fertility; identified with Greek Gaea

moving with quick light steps

remove the hand from

remove the yoke from

someone who is victorious by force of arms

as follows

the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents

the quality of being prudent and sensible