English Vocab Scarlet Letter and Self-Reliance Flashcards

243545154	Truculent	fierce	0
243545155	Prate	talk pointlessly	1
243545156	vixen	quarrelsome women	2
243545157	slovenly	messy, careless	3
243545158	decorous	in keeping with good taste	4
243545159	schooner	boat with sails	5
243545160	emolument	profit, salary	6
243545161	prolix	wordy, red, verbose	7
243545162	vicissitude	extreme change	8
243545163	tenure	the act, right manner or term of holding something (as a landed property, a position, or an office); especially : a status granted after a trial period to a teacher that gives protection from summary dismissal	9
243545164	sepulchers (or sepulchures)	grave, tomb, burial ground	10
243545165	physiognomies	outward features that expose character	11
243545166	impropriety	improper language	12
243545167	spurn	reject with contempt	13
243545168	malefactresses	woman criminal	14
243545169	heathenish	not pertaining to religious ways or lacking in morals or culture	15
243545170	ignominy	disgrace	16
243545171	mien	demeanor, appearance, aspect	17
243545172	peremptory	insisting immediate attention	18
243545173	amenable	easily persuaded	19
243545174	ameliorate	to make better or improve	20
243545175	éclat	brilliant display or effect	21
243545176	sinew	strong, powerful, fibrous tendon	22
243545177	sycophant	servile (submissive) flatterer	23
243545178	ruminate	to think through thoroughly	24
243545179	titular	having a position without authority	25
243545180	parallax	when it seems an object changes, but it's really the point of view changing	26
243545181	antinomianism	belief that Christians are freed by grace of god (not acts)	27
243545182	Begirt	to surround or enclose	28