Scarlet letter Vocab

35640413	exemplary	adj. serving as a model; worth immitating. 2) serving as a warning
35640414	emaciated	adj. abnormally lean as from starvation or weakness
35640415	imminent	adj. likely to happen very soon
35640416	importunate	adj. annoyingly persistant
35640417	celibacy	n. the state of being unmarried. esp that of a person under a vow not to marry
35640418	emissary	n. a person sent on a special mission, an agent
35640419	premeditated	adj. planned out beforehand
35640420	inimicial	adj. hostile in opposition
35640421	potency	n. effectiveness, strenght
35640422	palliate	v. to make seem less serious or offensive
35640423	veneration	n. profound respect
35640424	abomination	n. something hateful and disgusting
35640425	hypocrite	n. one who pretends to be what he/she is not
35640426	introspection	n. an examination of one's own thoughts and feelings
35640427	impalpable	adj. not perceptible to the touch too subtle to be grasped by the mind
35640428	expiation	n. atonement
35640429	scurrilous	adj. coarse, vulgar
35640430	pristine	adj. pure, unspoiled, of an earlier condition
35640431	pestilence	n. infectious disease
35640432	caamity	n. a disaster, an extreme misfortune
35640433	despotic	adj. like an absolute ruler or tyrant
35640434	extort	v. to get by force or threats
35640435	deleterious	adj. harmful to health or well being
35640436	enigma	n. something or someone that is puzzling or seems impossible to explain
35640437	propensity	n. inclination or tendancy
35640438	asperity	n. sharpness, harshness of temper
35640439	loquacity	n. excessive talkativeness
35640440	lamentation	n. an outward expression of grief
35640441	misanthropy	n. dislike or distrust of people
35640442	transfiguration	n. a radical change in form or appearance
35640443	consecration	n. holiness, sacredness
35640444	solace	n. consolation, comfort
35640445	stigma	n. mark or sign of disgrace
35640446	inured	adj. accustomed to something painful or difficult
35640447	inevitable	adj. certain to happen
35640448	vicissitude	n. unforeseeable change
35640449	affliction	n. somehting causing pain and distress, a misfortune
35640450	probity	n. integrity
35640451	indefatigable	adj. untirring
35640452	audacity	n. bold daring courage
35640453	transitory	adj. temporary not endurring
35640454	appalled	ad. filled with dismay; shock
35640455	conjectural	adj. based on guesswork or incomplete evidence