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Hamlet 11 words

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  1. fardel
    a burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle)
    Who would fardels bear,
    To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
    But that the dread of something after death,
    The undiscovered country, from whose bourn
    No traveller returns, puzzles the will,
    And makes us rather bear those ills we have
    Than fly to others that we know not of?
  2. bourn
    an archaic term for a boundary
    Who would fardels bear,
    To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
    But that the dread of something after death,
    The undiscovered country, from whose bourn
    No traveller returns, puzzles the will,
    And makes us rather bear those ills we have
    Than fly to others that we know not of?
  3. quietus
    euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
    For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
    Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely
    The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
    The insolence of office, and the spurns
    That patient merit of th' unworthy takes,
    When he himself might his quietus make
    With a bare bodkin?
  4. orison
    reverent petition to a deity
    -- Nymph, in thy orisons
    Be all my sins remembered.
  5. bodkin
    a dagger with a slender blade
    For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
    Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely
    The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
    The insolence of office, and the spurns
    That patient merit of th' unworthy takes,
    When he himself might his quietus make
    With a bare bodkin?
  6. contumely
    a rude expression intended to offend or hurt
    For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
    Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely
    The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
    The insolence of office, and the spurns
    That patient merit of th' unworthy takes,
    When he himself might his quietus make
    With a bare bodkin?
  7. awry
    turned or twisted to one side
    Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,
    And thus the native hue of resolution
    Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
    And enterprise of great pitch and moment
    With this regard their currents turn awry
    And lose the name of action.
  8. devoutly
    in a devout and pious manner
    'Tis a consummation
    Devoutly to be wished.
  9. consummation
    the act of bringing to completion or fruition
    'Tis a consummation
    Devoutly to be wished.
  10. insolence
    the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
    For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
    Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely
    The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
    The insolence of office, and the spurns
    That patient merit of th' unworthy takes,
    When he himself might his quietus make
    With a bare bodkin?
  11. nymph
    (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden
    -- Nymph, in thy orisons
    Be all my sins remembered.