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1 Hamlet: Act III Vocab

2 consummation (noun) completion

3 calamity (noun) a great misfortune or disaster

4 contumely (noun) a humiliating insult

5 to implant a disease agent in a person to stimulate disease resistance
inoculate (verb) to implant a disease agent in a person to stimulate disease resistance

6 wantonness (noun) the quality of doing something without regard for what is right

7 depressed in spirits; disheartened; low-spirited
dejected (adjective) depressed in spirits; disheartened; low-spirited

8 abominably (adverb) hatefully

9 buffet (noun) a blow with a hand or fist (verb) to strike with a hand or fist

10 occulted (adjective) beyond the range of ordinary knowledge

11 clemency (noun) mercy

12 to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
beguile (verb) to influence by trickery, flattery,  etc.; mislead; delude.

13 harmful or undesirable contact or influence
contagion (noun) harmful or undesirable contact or influence

14 to take or appropriate, especially without permission
annex (verb) to take or appropriate, especially without permission

15 a chain or shackle placed on the feet
fetters (noun) a chain or shackle placed on the  feet

16 to force or drive, especially to a course of action
compelled (verb) to force or drive, especially to a  course of action

17 a wall of earth or other material built for defense
bulwark (noun) a wall of earth or other material  built for defense

18 diadem (noun) a crown

19 chide (verb) scold or express disapproval of

20 to make keen or eager; stimulate
whet (verb) to make keen or eager; stimulate

21 mandate (verb) to order or require


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