Vocabulary words from Scarlet Letter for Lessons 6-10
82391028 | austerity | The quality of being severe and rigid economically | 0 | |
82391029 | caprice | An impulsive change of mind; a sudden, unpredictable action, change, or series of actions or changes | 1 | |
82391030 | contiguity | Togetherness; a state of being connected; a continuous mass or series | 2 | |
82391031 | decorous | Characterized by or exhibiting decorum; proper | 3 | |
82391032 | deleterious | Having a harmful effect; injurious | 4 | |
82391033 | denizen | An inhabitant; a resident; one that frequents a particular place | 5 | |
82391034 | duplicity | Deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech; an instance of deliberate deceptiveness; double-dealing | 6 | |
82391035 | expiation | The act of atoning; an atonement | 7 | |
82391036 | indefatigable | Incapable or seemingly incapable of being fatigued; tireless | 8 | |
82391037 | inure | To habituate to something undesirable, especially by prolonged subjection; accustom | 9 | |
82391038 | jocularity | Given to joking | 10 | |
82391039 | languid | Lacking energy or vitality; weak; showing little or no spirit or animation; listless; lacking vigor or force; slow | 11 | |
82391040 | misanthropy | Hatred or mistrust of humankind | 12 | |
82391041 | nugatory | Of little or no importance; trifling; having no force; invalid | 13 | |
82391042 | plaintiveness | Sorrow; mourning, or melancholy | 14 | |
82391043 | precocity | Manifesting unusually early development or maturity, especially in mental aptitude | 15 | |
82391044 | propinquity | Proximity; nearness; kinship; similarity in nature | 16 | |
82391045 | scintillate | To throw off sparks; flash; to sparkle or shine; to be animated and brilliant | 17 | |
82391046 | scurrilous | Given to the use of vulgar; coarse, or abusive language; foul-mouthed | 18 | |
82391047 | trammel | Anything that restricts activity, expression, or progress; a restraint | 19 |