Hamlet Vocabulary - Act 2

Paul M. (United States of America)
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  1. assay
    a test of a substance to determine its components
  2. purport
    have the often misleading appearance of being or intending
  3. entreat
    ask for or request earnestly
  4. rebuke
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
  5. expostulate
    reason with for the purpose of dissuasion
  6. brevity
    the attribute of being short or fleeting
  7. carrion
    the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food
  8. contrive
    make or work out a plan for; devise
  9. tedious
    so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
  10. promontory
    a natural elevation
  11. rapier
    a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges
  12. indict
    accuse formally of a crime
  13. visage
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
  14. offal
    viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal
  15. rogue
    a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
Created on Sun Oct 13 19:39:40 EDT 2013 (updated Wed Nov 06 21:52:46 EST 2013)

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