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The Scarlet Letter
Vocabulary from the book
69
English
9th Grade
04/01/2007

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Edifice
Definition
Building
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Sepulchre
Sepulcher
Definition
A tomb, grave, or burial place
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Ponderous
Definition
of great weight, heavy, massive, awkward
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inauspicious
Definition
ill-omened, unfavorable
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physiognomy
Definition
the face or contenance
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agur
Definition
a seer or prophet, predict, to be a sign
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infer
Definition
to conculde from evidence
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indubitable
Definition
unquestionable
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heterdox
Definition
not in agreement with accepted beliefs
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scourge
Definition
a whip, to flog, to chastise serverly
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demeanour
demeanor
Definition
the way in which a person behaves or conducts themself
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venerable
Definition
worthy of revernce, or respect; honored about others
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meager
meagre
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having little flesh; lean, deficient in richness, fertility, or vigor
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infamy
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extreme bad reputation
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impropriety
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incorrectness, inapropriateness, unsuitable
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rotundity
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the condition of being round or plump; fat
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purport
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to present deliberatly; profess or claim, often falsely
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behoof
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use; advantage, benefit
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repute
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estimation in the view of thers; repuation
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malefactress
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a woman who violates the law or does evil
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hussy
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a brazen or immoral woman; mischievous, impudent, ill-behaved
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autumnal
Definition
belonging or suggestive of autumn; past maturity or middle life
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prefigure
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to show or represent beforehand by figure or type; forshadow; to picture or represent to oneself beforehand; to imagine
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abash
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to make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert; to lose one's composure
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sumptuary
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regulating personal behavior on moral or religious ground; sounds; social laws
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evanescent
Definition
vanishing or fleeting
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ignominy
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shame
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brazen
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bold
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visage
Definition
the face or facial expression; appearance or aspect
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iniquity
Definition
wickedness, sinfulness, sin
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spurn
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to reject refuse, scorn
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rankle
Definition
to cause persistent irritation, to become sore or inflamed
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deportment
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to conduct or demeanor
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mien
Definition
bearing, manner, or expression
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contumely
Definition
humiliation
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spectral
Definition
ghostly, phantom-like
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phantasmagoria
Definition
a fantastic, dream-like sequence of imagery
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discern
Definition
to precive something concealed; ot detect, to comprehend mentally
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abate
Definition
to reduce, to subside, to lessen
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sagacity
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sound judgment, keen perception, wisdom
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lurid
Definition
causing shock or horror
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peremptory
Definition
not allowing contradiction or refusal
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achemy
Definition
medeival chemical philosophy; a seemingly magical power or proces of transmuting
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sojorn
Definition
temporary stay
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retribution
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punshiment
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progenitor
Definition
direct ancestor
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ascetic
Definition
serve; austere, self-denying
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superfluous
Definition
etra, beyond, what is required or suffcient
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penance
Definition
and act proformed voulintarily to show sorrow for a sin or wrongdoing penitent
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insidious
Definition
spreading harm in subtle or stealthy manner; treacherous
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guise
Definition
general external appearance, aspect, or semblance; assumed apperance; style of dress
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contumacious
Definition
stubnornly perverse or rebellious
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taliman
Definition
an object marked with magical sign and believed to give its bearer supernatural power, anthing having magical powers
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aver
Definition
to declare in a positive manner to affirm
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dearth
Definition
scarcity; lack; shortage
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propensity
Definition
and innate inclination; tendency
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austerity
Definition
the quality of being severe and rigid
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weal
Definition
propensity or happines; the welfare of the commu
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blight
Definition
plant disease that results in death of the leave
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sere
Definition
whithered, dry
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verdure
Definition
the fresh vibrant greeness of the flourish vegetation
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deleterious
Definition
having harmful effects, injurious
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asperity
Definition
harshness or sharpness of tone, temper, or manner, severity, acrimony
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impute
Definition
to ascribe a crime or fault to another; to attribute wickedness of merit to a person
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scintillate
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to flash, to throw off sparks
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vivacity
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liveliness
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loquacity
Definition
quality of being talkative
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prattle
Definition
to talk idly or meaninglessly, babble
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misanthropy
Definition
hatred of mankind
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