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Scarlet Letter Lexicon Set 2

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98254282Estranged(adv.) 1) To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate. 2) To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations
98254283Etherealized(adv.) 1) characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible 2) highly refined, delicate; not of this world, spiritual
98254284Expiation(noun) the act of making amends or reparation for; atonement
98254285Farthingale(noun) A support, such as a hoop, worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally from the waist, used by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries.
98254286Foundered(verb, past) to sink below the surface, to cave in; to fail utterly, collapse; to stumble
98254287Frisked(verb, past) 1) (intr.) To move about briskly and playfully; frolic. 2) (trans.) To search (a person) for something concealed, especially a weapon, by passing the hands quickly over clothes or through pockets
98254288Ignominy(noun) great personal dishonor or humiliation; shameful or disgraceful action, conduct or character
98254289Impediment(noun) something that impedes; a hindrance or obstruction
98254290Impute(verb) to assign as a characteristic; to attribute the fault or responsibility to; to relate to a particular cause or source
98254291Inauspicious(adjective) not favorable, not auspicious
98254292Incongruity(noun) the state or quality of lack of congruence
98254293Inference(noun) the act or process of deriving logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true; the act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence
98254294Iniquity(noun) gross immorality or injustice; wickedness
98254295Inscrutable(adjective) difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable
98254296Intrinsic(adjective) of or relating to the essential nature of a thing; inherent
98254297Lurid(adjective) causing shock or horror, gruesome; glowing or shining with the glare of fire; sallow or pallid in color; marked by sensationalism
98254298Malefactress(noun) a female who has committed a crime; a criminal, evildoer
98254299Malice(noun) a desire to harm others to see others suffer; extreme ill will or spite
98254300Malignant(adjective) showing great disposition to do evil; highly injurious, pernicious; threatening to life
98254301Manifest(adjective, noun, verb) clearly apparent to the sight or understanding, obvious; to show or demonstrate plainly, reveal; list of cargo
98254302Mien(noun) bearing or manner, especially as it reveals an inner state of mind; an appearance or aspect
98254303Mutability(noun) capable of or subject to change or alteration; prone to frequent change, inconstant
98254304Necromancer(noun) a practitioner of communicating with the spirits; someone who practices black magic, sorcerer
98254305Nugatory(adjective) of little or no importance; having no force, invalid, trifling
98254306Penal(adjective) subject to punishment, legally punishable; serving as or constituting a means or place of punishment
98254307Phantasmagoric(adjective) a fantastic sequence of haphazardly associative imagery; a constantly changing scene composed of numerous elements
98254308Physiognomy(noun) the art of judging human character from facial features; facial features, especially when regarded as revealing character
98254309Pillory(noun, verb) A wooden framework on a post, with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were formerly locked to be exposed to public scorn as punishment; to put in a pillory as punishment

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