2011 Fall AP 11 Scarlet Letter Words
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228913526 | Evanescent | 49, tending to vanish like vapor | |
228913527 | tarpaulin | 14, a protective covering of canvas or other material waterproofed with tar, paint, or wax | |
230727317 | panoply | 97, a complete and impressive array | |
230727318 | extant | 103, (adj.) still existing; not exterminated, destroyed, or lost | |
230727319 | forbear | 78, to be patient, to politely or patiently restrain an impulse to do something; to refrain | |
230727320 | dearth | 88, an insufficient quantity or number | |
230727321 | anathema | 86, n-an object of intense dislike; or a curse or strong denunciation leveled at someone disliked. | |
230727322 | malefactor, malefactress | 42 (-or, masc; -ress, feminine), evildoer | |
230727323 | expenditure | 77, payment or expense; expending; something expended; output; Ex. receipt for the expenditure; Ex. expenditure of all the energy | |
230727324 | augur | 45, to predict, especially from signs or omens | |
230727325 | besmirch | 71, charge falsely or with malicious intent, smear so as to make dirty or stained | |
230727326 | mien | 51, n. bearing or manner, esp. as revealing one's inner state of mind | |
230727327 | plebeian | 76, (adj.) common, vulgar; belonging to the lower class; (n.) a common person, member of the lower class | |
230727328 | exigencies | 97, urgent needs or demands intrinsic to a circumstance | |
230727329 | catechism | 101 statement of beliefs specific to the doctrine of a religion, particularly intended for instruction of the young by question and answer | |
230727330 | somniferous | 128, sleep inducing | |
230727331 | physiognomy | 98, face (as showing the character and the mind); art of judging human character from facial features | |
230727332 | contumacious | 80, stubborn and disobedient; resisting authority (esp. disobedient to an order made by a court) | |
230727333 | expatiate | 108, to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely | |
230727334 | vicissitude | 10, A change, especially a complete change, of condition or circumstances, as of fortune. | |
230727335 | prate | 2, to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion | |
230727336 | peremptory | 76, having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, denial, or refusal; offensively self-assured, dictatorial; determined, resolute | |
230727337 | preternatural | 89, surpassing the ordinary or normal | |
230727338 | ascetic | 76, n.one who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation; adj-absent of luxury, practicing self-denial; avoiding physical pleasures and comforts; austere; Ex. ascetic life of Buddhist monks; N. asceticism | |
230727339 | paramour | 80, a lover, especially one in an adulterous relationship | |
230727340 | prolix | 72, tediously wordy | |
230727341 | galling | 74, causing irritation or annoyance | |
230727342 | truculence | 3, cruelty, savagery, belligerence | |
230727343 | quell | 65, to subdue, put down forcibly | |
230727344 | sumptuary | 76, pertaining to or regulating expenditure, often for religious or moral reasons, usually relating to clothing or food | |
230727345 | caprice | 101, whim; sudden change of mind without any real cause, a sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behavior | |
230727347 | repugnance | 78, strong distaste, aversion, or objection | |
230727348 | pestilence | 94, any epidemic disease with a high death rate, a pernicious evil influence | |
230727349 | penance | 90, voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing | |
230727350 | phantasmagoric | 53, having to do with a fantastic sequence of haphazardly associative imagery, as seen in dreams or fever | |
230727351 | ignominious | 69, disgraceful and dishonorable | |
230727352 | zenith | 137, the highest point; the peak, especially of an arc or orbit | |
230727353 | cloister | 54, residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery) | |
230727354 | penitence | 77, performing of penance | |
230727355 | devoid (of) | 210, entirely without; lacking in... | |
230727356 | remonstrance | 65, the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest | |
230727357 | odious | 129, evoking intense aversion or dislike, deserving or causing hatred | |
230727358 | slovenly | 3 (-liness), messy, untidy, careless, esp. re: one's appearance (same root as "Slob") |