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Hamlet Quotes
What Act?
Def./Syn.
Antonyms
Def./Syn.
100
"Get thee to a nunnery."
Who is Hamlet?
100
Claudius addresses the court about the King's death and his new marriage.
Act I
100
deserving blame, guilty
What is culpable?
100
veteran, pro, expert
What is novice?
100
to cause to disappear, to scatter, to disperse
What is dissipate?
200
"O what a rash and blood deed is this!"
Who is Gertrude?
200
Hamlet tells Horatio what happened to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
What is Act V?
200
to prepare by combining ingredients; to create
What is concoct?
200
delicate, weak
What is stalwart?
200
secondary, subordinate in capacity or role
What is subservient?
300
"To thine own self be true"
Who is Polonius?
300
Gertrude tells Laertes and Claudius that Ophelia drowned.
What is Act IV?
300
sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant
What is scintillating?
300
ridicule, derision, scorn, odium
What is adulation?
300
stinging, bitter in temper or tone
What is acrimonious?
400
"Adieu, Adieu! Remember me.
Who is the Ghost?
400
Hamlet verbally attacks his mother.
What is Act III?
400
to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses
What is extenuate?
400
committed, engaged, partial, biased
What is dispassionate?
400
inspiring fear or awe, illustrious, eminent
What is redoubtable?
500
“It hath the primal eldest curse upon it.”
Who is Claudius?
500
Hamlet plans the play-within-a-play.
What is Act II?
500
greedy desire for a particular wealth
What is avarice?
500
everlasting, immortal, imperishable
What is evanescent?
500
censor, remove objectionable phrases from a text
What is expurgate?