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Scarlet Letter
Chapters 5-7
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English
11th Grade
10/16/2006

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imbibed
Definition
verb- to drink
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gesticulation
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verb- to gester dramatically, to emphasis speech
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caprice
Definition
noun- a sudden unpredictable change of mind, a whim
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imbued
Definition
to inspire, to influence thoroughly
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emolument
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noun- compensation, recompense
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plebeian
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adj- characteristic of commoners,
noun- commoner
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inscrutable
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mysterious, cannot be scrutinized
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progenitors
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noun- ancestor, posterity
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pristine
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adj- pure, clean
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imperious
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adj- arrogant, domineering, overbearing
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similitude
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noun- resemblance
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panoply
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noun- complete set of arms for a warrior
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eldritch
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adj- werid, eerie, ghostly
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