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Scarlet Letter Vocab
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English
11th Grade
11/03/2008
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prolix
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unnecessarily long
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melancholy
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sad
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languid
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lacking energy
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truculent
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angry or heavy movement
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venerable
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respectable due to age
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progenitor
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a biologically related ancestor
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indolent
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slothful
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talisman
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an amulet or charm
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vicissitude
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a change in fortune
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incumbent
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necessary
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polemic
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a strongly worded, controversial argument
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fastidious
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concerned with small details
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esoteric
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hard to understand
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edifice
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a large building or complex
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dearth
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lack of something
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sacrilegious
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violation of something holy
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antrhacite
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a mineral coal containing little of the volatile hydrocarbons and burning almost without flame; hard coal
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opaque
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not transparent, obscure
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congenial
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compatible in taste
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sepulcher
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a tomb, grave or burial place
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physiognomy
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the use of facial features to judge one's character or personality
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transgressor
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to violate a law
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plaintive
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expressing sorrow or melancholy
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tempestuous
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frequently affected by violent feelings; subject to tempests
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efficacy
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capacity for producing a result or effect
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ignominy
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disgrace; discredit; public contempt
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