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Scarlet Letter
Chapters 8-11
25
English
11th Grade
10/16/2006

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endue
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(v) to put on or dress in
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expatiating
Definition
(v) to explain in great detail
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reproof
Definition
(n) criticism for a fault
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bedizen
Definition
(v) to dress or adorn in a showy, gaudy manner
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indefeasible
Definition
(adj) not being able to take away
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adduced
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(v) to cite as an example or means or proof in an argument
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averred
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(v) to declare to be true
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appellation
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(n) a name, a title
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consigned
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(v) assigned especially to an undesirable
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emaciated
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(adj) abnormally thin and weak
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despondent
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(adj) in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
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importunate
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(adj) pressing in solicitation sometimes annoyingly so
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inimical
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(adj) hostile, threatening
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perforce
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(adv) necessarily
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propagate
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(v) to reproduce, breed
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palliate
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(v) to make less serious or offensive
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somniferous
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(adj) inducing sleep
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forlorn
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(adj) desolate or dreary
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machinations
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(n) plots, scheming of evil intent
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abstruse
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(adj) difficult to understand; obscure
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abstruse
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(adj) difficult to understand; obscure
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abstruse
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(adj) difficult to understand; obscure
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veneration
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(n) respect, reverence
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ethereal
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(adj) heavenly; not earthly
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deluded
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(v) fooled, decieved
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