Scarlet Letter Vocabulary
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| 121998772 | Edifice | building | |
| 121998773 | Ann Hutchinson | woman minister who was excommunicated for her sacrilegious beliefs | |
| 121998774 | Inauspicious | boding ill, adverse | |
| 121998775 | Physiognomies | assessment of a person's character or personality from their outer appearance; countenance: the human face | |
| 121998776 | Venerable | impressive by reason of age, august, profoundly honored | |
| 121998777 | Iniquity | absence of moral or spiritual values, evil | |
| 121998778 | Ignominy | shame, state of dishonor | |
| 121998779 | Rankles | to cause irritation or deep bitterness; to fester | |
| 121998780 | Pillory | a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck | |
| 121998781 | Remonstrance | act of expressing earnest opposition or protest | |
| 121998782 | Visage | the appearance conveyed by a person's face | |
| 121998783 | Sagacity | wisdom due to age | |
| 121998784 | Mien | dignified manner or conduct | |
| 121998785 | Withal | however, despite anything to the contrary | |
| 121998786 | Lethe nor Nepenthe | Lethe=river of Hades, river of forgetfulness and oblivion; Nepenthe=medicine for sorrow "drug of forgetfulness" | |
| 121998787 | Expostulation | act of expressing earnest opposition or protest | |
| 121998788 | Feigned | not genuine | |
| 121998789 | Lurid | gruesome, horrible, revolting | |
| 121998790 | Inscrutable | incapable of being investigated, analyzed or scrutinized | |
| 121998791 | Talisman | any amulet or charm | |
| 121998792 | Inviolable | secure from destruction, violence | |
| 121998793 | Gesticulation | animated gesture | |
| 121998794 | Behest | command or directive | |
| 121998795 | Transgressions | violations of laws, commands, etc.; sins | |
| 121998796 | Imbibes | consumes by drinking, absorbs, takes into mind | |
| 121998797 | Appellation | name, title, designation | |
| 121998798 | Parochial | pertaining to a parish | |
| 121998799 | Importunate | troublesome, annoying, insistent, demanding | |
| 121998800 | Bunyan's awful doorway | the entrance to hell in Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress | |
| 121998801 | Inimical | adverse in tendency or effect | |
| 121998802 | Providence | foreseeing care and guidance of God over creatures of earth | |
| 121998803 | Somniferous | bringing or inducing sleep | |
| 121998804 | Machinations | crafty schemes, plots, intrigues | |
| 121998805 | Veneration | reverence, feeling of awe, respect | |
| 121998806 | Ethereal | light, airy, tenuous | |
| 121998807 | Somnambulism | sleepwalking | |
| 121998808 | Expiation | atoning, making reparation | |
| 121998809 | Scurrilous | grossly or obscenely abusive | |
| 121998810 | Pristine | clean, unused, pure | |
| 121998811 | Auspicious | of good omen, favorable circumstances | |
| 121998812 | Deleterious | harmful or hurtful | |
| 121998813 | Capricious | changeable | |
| 121998814 | Enigma | mystery, riddle | |
| 121998815 | Loquacity | garrulity, quality of being wordy and talkative | |
| 121998816 | Wonted | accustomed, commonly used or practiced, usual | |
| 121998817 | Misanthropy | hatred of mankind | |
| 121998818 | Inured | made tough by habitual exposure | |
| 121998819 | Vicissitude | variation in circumstances or fortune in different times, state of being changeable or in flux | |
| 121998820 | Obeisance | taking a bow, obedient attitude | |
| 121998821 | Plebian | common person | |
| 121998822 | Probity | complete and confirmed integrity, having strong moral principles | |
| 121998823 | Animadversion | censure, harsh criticism or disapproval | |
| 121998824 | Indefatigable | tireless energy and determination | |
| 121998825 | Transitory | ephemeral, temporary | |
| 121998826 | Gules | heraldic color (tincture) of red |