Hamlet Vocab Quiz 1

• Apparition

  A ghost or ghostlike image of a person
• Usurp

  To take a position of power by force
• Brazen

  Bold and without shame
• Harbinger

  A thing that announces the arrival of someone
• Extort

  To obtain something by unfair means
• Auspicious

  Conductive to success; favorable
• Dirge

  A lament for the dead
• Visage

  A person's facial expression
• Filial

  Of or due by a son or daughter
• Retrograde

  Moving backward
• Jocund

  Cheerful and lighthearted
• Dexterity

  Skill with performing tasks involving hands