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Scarlet Letter Vocab
Chapters 1-2
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English
10th Grade
10/01/2009
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portal
 Definition
door
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edifice
 Definition
building
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physiognomy
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faces
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visage
 Definition
faces
Term
countenance
 Definition
faces
Term
magistrate
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judge
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town beadle
 Definition
puritan sheriff
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attire
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clothing
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ignominy
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shame
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ignominious
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shameful
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theocracy
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church and state are one
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goodwife
 Definition
married puritan woman; mrs
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goody
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abbreviated way to refer to a goodwife
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scaffold
 Definition
platform with a gallows on it for hanging people
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transgressor
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sinner
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demeanor
 Definition
outward behavior
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venerable
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sacred
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meagre
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scanty
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farthingale
 Definition
support (hoops) to make skirt stand out at the hips
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haughty
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proud
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abashed
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embarrassed
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papist
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one who believes in the Roman Catholic pop
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mien
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appearance, demeanor
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pediment
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obstruction
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iniquity
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sin, wickness
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flagrant
 Definition
glaringly offensive; outrageous
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lieu
 Definition
in place of; instead of
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