The Scarlet Letter Flashcards

Vocab List 3

35502443	Exemplary	Admirable	0
35502444	Extort	To achieve through force or threats	1
35502445	Fiend	Devil	2
35502446	Fiery	Intense, passionate	3
35502447	Foregone	Previously clear	4
35502448	Gesticulating	Using arm and hand movements	5
35502449	Heathen	Uncivilized barbarian	6
35502450	Ignominy	Humiliation, disgrace	7
35502451	Impalpable	Intangible	8
35502452	Imperious	Commanding, bossy	9
35502453	Importune	To make persistent requests	10
35502454	Impute	To attribute, ascribe	11
35502455	Inducements	Motivators	12
35502456	Inscrutable	Mysterious	13
35502457	Insurmountable	Unable to overcome	14
35502458	Intangible	Not able to be touched	15
35502459	Introspection	Self-examination, looking inward	16
35502460	Jocularity	Humor	17
35502461	Loquacity	Talkativeness	18
35502462	Ludicrous	Ridiculous, silly	19
35502463	Malignancy	A growing evil	20
35502464	Manifestation	Revelation, something made clear	21
35502465	Manifold	Diverse, varied	22
35502466	Mercenary	Motivated by a desire for money	23
35502467	Mollified	Appeased	24
35502468	Necromancy	Conjuring the dead for magic, witchcraft	25
35502469	Obeisance	A gesture of respect	26
35502470	Pallor	Paleness	27
35502471	Pathos	Emotion evoking pity	28
35502472	Penitent	Feeling regret for having done wrong	29
35502473	Perplexity	Confusion	30
35502474	Pestilence	Widespread disease	31
35502475	Pillory	Post with cross piece designed to hold head and hands as punishment	32
35502476	Pious	Religious, holy	33
35502477	Posterity	Descendants	34
35502478	Prattle	Idle chatter	35
35502479	Precocious	Child's having developed certain abilities earlier than usual	36