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The Scarlet Letter
Vocabulary 8
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English
10th Grade
12/10/2009

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ponderous
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lacking grace or fluency; labored and dull
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malleable
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easily controlled or influenced; tractable
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propensity
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a natural inclination or tendency
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auspicious
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favored by fortune; prosperous; fortunate
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abate
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to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish
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appended
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to add as a supplement, accessory, or appendix
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virtuous
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possessing or characterized by chastity; pure
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grievous
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causing grief or great sorrow
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lurid
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causing shock or horror; gruesome
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amenable
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ready or willing to act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable
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inscrutable
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difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable
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requited
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to give or do in return
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alchemy
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form of chemistry for discovering methods for transmuting baser metals into gold
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ascetic
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a person who abstains from the normal pleasures of life or denies material satisfaction
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piety
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reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations
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voluptuous
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giving, characterized by, or suggesting ample, unrestrained pleasure to the senses
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penitence
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the condition or quality of regret for wrongdoing.
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discern
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to distinguish mentally; recognize as distinct or different; discriminate
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imbibed
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to drink, esp. alcoholic beverages
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insidious
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operating in an inconspicuous or seemingly harmless way but actually with grave effect
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