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Scarlet Letter Vocabulary - Ch 7-12
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Literature
11th Grade
10/05/2011
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Cabalistic
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having to do with a mystical interpretation of scriptures developed in the Middle Ages
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Panoply
 Definition
a complete set of armor
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Eldritch
 Definition
Weird, eerie
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Expatiating
 Definition
explaining in great detail
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Transgressions
 Definition
breeches of law
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Bedizen
 Definition
to dress or decorate in a showy way
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Averred
 Definition
declared to be true
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Providential
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showing the benign influence of God
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Emissary
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a person sent on a special mission; agent
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Inimical
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hostile; threatening
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Palliate
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to make seem less serious or offensive
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Veneration
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profound respect
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Introspection
 Definition
examination of one's own thoughts and feelings
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Impalpable
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not perceptible to the touch
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Expiation
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atonement
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Scurrilous
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coarse; vulgar
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Imperatively
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in a demanding way
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Behest
 Definition
bidding
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