Hamlet Vocabulary Quiz

In “My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth,” what does “bloody” symbolize?

What does “arrant knave” mean when used insultingly?

What does “commend” mean when Hamlet says “commend me to your mother”?

What does “kinsman” mean in reference to Claudius and Hamlet?

The word “imminent” means what in the context of Hamlet’s fate?

The word “dispatch” in Hamlet’s context most nearly means what?

The word “perilous” most nearly means what?

What does “base” mean in Hamlet’s remark about human nature?

In the line “to thine own self be true,” what does “thine” mean?

In Hamlet, what does “arras” refer to?

What does “purport” mean when describing Claudius’s letter?

What does “extol” mean when Hamlet praises Horatio’s virtue?

The word “nunnery” in Hamlet has what double meaning?

What does “visage” mean in the line “the formal visage of duty”?

The word “clemency” means what when Claudius speaks of mercy?

What does “rogue” mean when Hamlet calls himself “a dull and muddy-mettled rascal”?

The word “methinks” most nearly means what?

What does “soliloquy” refer to in dramatic terms?

The word “beseech” most closely means what?

What does “drossy age” refer to in Hamlet’s criticism of Denmark?

What does “aught” mean in Hamlet?

What does “antic disposition” mean as used by Hamlet?

What does “malefaction” mean when Claudius refers to wrongdoing?

What does “perchance” mean in the play?

In “tis unmanly grief,” what does “unmanly” convey?

What does “piteous” mean in context of Hamlet’s sorrow?

In Elizabethan English, what does “wherefore” mean?

What does “remembrance” signify in Ophelia’s dialogue?

What does “ere” mean in the line “ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears”?

The word “obsequious” means what in Hamlet’s address to the King?