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Scarlet Letter
Week 5
20
English
11th Grade
10/12/2006
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impelled
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to drive forward; propel
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pedestal
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posistion of high regard or adoration
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sage
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one vernerated for experience, judgment, and wisdom
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feigned
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to represent falsley; pretend
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wrought
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to make or decorate by needlework
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quell
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to subdue or crush
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paramour
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illicit lover
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ligaments
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unifying or connecting tie or bond
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besmirch
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to stain or sully
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annihilate
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to destroy completely
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vivify
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to make more lively, intese, or striking; enliven
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embody
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to give a bodily form to; incarnate
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inscrutable
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difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable
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uncongenial
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incompatible or not nice
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melancholy
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sad, depressed
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inquisitorial
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related to a criminal proceeding conducted in secrecy
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suffice
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to meet present need or requirements; sufficient
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sable
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black
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progenitor
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ancestor
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morbid
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unhealthy; unwholesome
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