Read the passage from Hamlet, Act I, Scene v.Hamlet: And now, good friends, As you are friends, scholars, and soldiers, Give me one poor request. Horatio: What is ’t, my lord? we will.Hamlet: Never make known what you have seen to-night.

In this passage, “one poor request” means a small or modest request, not something that costs little money or evokes pity. Hamlet is asking his friends to keep what they saw a secret, so “meager” best matches the sense of limited or slight. “Inexpensive” refers to price, while “pitiful” and “unfortunate” do not fit the context.

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