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Vocabulary #2
The Scarlett Letter
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English
10th Grade
10/02/2007

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congenial
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(adj) agreeable, suitable or pleasing nature
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demeanor
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(n) conduct, behavior or deportemnt; facial expression or appearance that usual reveals character
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edifice
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(n) a building, esp. one of large size or imposing appearance
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heterodox
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not in accordance with established or accepted doctrines; unorthodox
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ignominy
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(n) disgrace, dishonor, or public contempt; shameful or dishonorable conduct
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inauspicious
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(adj) not auspicious; ill-omented or unfavorable
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infamy
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(n) an extremely bad reputation, public reproach, or strong condemnation as the result of a shameful, criminal, or outrageous act
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magistrate
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(n) a civil officer charged with the administration of the law
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malefactor
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)n) one who commits a criminal law
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physiognomy
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(n) art of determining character of personal characteristics from the form of features of the body, esp. of the face; facial features
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portal
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(n) a doorway, entrance, or gate, especially one that is large and imposing
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rotundity
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(n) rounded in figure; plump; fatness
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sepulcher
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(n) a burial vault of tomb
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transgressor
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(n) one who violates the law
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vagrant
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(adj) wandering from place to place
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