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Scarlet Letter
Week 4
20
English
11th Grade
10/12/2006

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audible
Definition
that is heard or that can be heard
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taint
Definition
a moral flaw, smear or stain
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sagacity
Definition
quality of bing discerning, sound in judgment, and farsighted; wisdom
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genial
Definition
having a pleasant or fiendly disposition or manner
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grizzled
Definition
partly or streaked with gray
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unadulterated
Definition
not mingled or diluted with extraneous matter; pure
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prefixed
Definition
added or attached to the beginning of something
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vile
Definition
low; base; meam
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albeit
Definition
even though; although; notwithstanding
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tremulously
Definition
marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking
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discerning
Definition
perceiving or recogninzing with the eyes or intellect
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remorselessly
Definition
having no pity or compassion; mercilessly
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lurid
Definition
wild; sensational
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sustenance
Definition
something, especially food, that sustains life or health
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amenable
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responsive to advice, authority, or suggestion; willing
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alchemy
Definition
change metals in to gold
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efficacy
Definition
power to produce the desired results
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requital
Definition
return, as for injury or friendly act
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tempestuous
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tumultuous; stormy
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expostulation
Definition
to reason earnestly with someone in effort to dissuade or correct
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