scarlet letter vocab Flashcards

235742997	abstruse	adj. hard to understand	0
235742998	anathema	n. somone (or something) disliked and shunned	1
235742999	antipathy	n. (intense aversion) extreme dislike	2
235743000	apotheosized	v. to idolize, glorify	3
235743001	asperity	n. harshness or severity (something hard to endure)	4
235743002	augur	n. religious official who interprets omens	5
235743003	bedizen	v. to dress up garishly and tastelessly	6
235743004	beneficence	n. kindness, helpfulness, generosity	7
235743005	capricious	adj. by whim or chance	8
235743006	centrifugal	adj. moving away from centralization (such as that of authority)	9
235743007	congenial	adj. suited to one's character or taste; outgoing and pleasant	10
235743008	contumely	n. (rude expression) scornful and insulting language or treatment	11
235743009	countenance	n. the appearance of a person's face; approval; v. give permission	12
235743010	dauntless	invulnerable to fear or intimidation	13
235763919	dearth	n. insufficient amount	14
235763920	defunct	adj. no longer living (inactive)	15
235763921	deleterious	adj. harmful (to living things)	16
235763922	derisively	adv. mockingly, scornfully	17
235763923	despotic	adj. absolute soveriegnty, dictatorly	18
235763924	effluence	n. the process of flowing out (often immaterial or intangible)	19
235763925	eldritch	adj. suggesting supernatural forces	20
235763926	emblem	n. special design representing something	21
235763927	enigma	n. something that baffles understanding (cannot be explained)	22
235763928	escutcheon	n. a shield	23
235763929	etherealized	v. to make something delicate or highly refined	24
235763930	expiation	n. atoning for sin	25
235763931	farthingale	n. a hoop worn beneath a skirt (to extend it horizontally)	26
235763932	foundered	v. to sink	27
235775855	ignominy	n. state of dishonor	28
235775856	impute	v. attribute or credit to	29
235775857	inauspicious	adj. suggest that the future is not promising	30
235775858	incongruity	n. disaggreeing (being unsuitable and innappropriate)	31
235775859	iniquity	n. absence of moral or spiritual values (an unjust act)	32
235775860	inscrutable	adj. obscure nature, mysterious, enigmatic	33
235775861	intrinsic	adj. belonging to something by nature (born with rather than learned)	34
235775862	lurid	adj. shining with an unnatural red glow, horrible	35
235775863	malefactress	n. a woman who violates the law (or does evil)	36
235775864	malice	n. wanting to see others suffer, evilness	37
235775865	manifest	v. demonstrate or display; adj clear or obvious	38
235775866	mien	n. a person's look or manner	39
235775867	mutability	n. tending to change, capable of changing	40
235775868	necromancer	n. one who practices magic (and sorcery)	41
235775869	nugatory	adj. of no real value	42
235783456	penal	adj. subject to punishment	43
235783457	phantasmagoric	adj. havinga fantastic or deceptive appearance (like something in a dream or created by imagination)	44
235783458	physiognomy	n. the human face (facial features)	45
235783459	pillory	n. wooden instrument of punishment (on a post with holes from hands and head)	46
235783460	precocity	n. incredible intelligence	47
235783461	preternatural	adj. out of ordinary (exceptional or abnormal, outside of nature;supernatural)	48
235783462	primeval	adj. having existed from the begining (in an earliest or original stage or state)	49
235783463	rankle	v. cause annoyance or resentment	50
235783464	repugnance	n. intense disgust; inconsistant or incompatable ideas	51
235783465	remonstrance	n. protesting	52
235783466	scaffold	n. platform where criminals are held and sometimes executed	53
235783467	scintillating	adj. animated, vivacious, clever (witty)	54
235783468	scrofula	n. a form of tuberculosis	55
235783469	spectral	adj. phantom-like	56
235783470	talisman	n. a trinket (or piece of jewelry) thought to protect from evil	57
235783471	transfiguration	n. the act of transforming (a change in appearance or character)	58
235902752	transgressor	n. someone who violates a law or command	59
235902753	tumultuous	adj. disorderly or noisy	60
235902754	visage	n. the appearance conveyed by a person's face	61