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VOCABULARY REVISED!!!
FOR THE SCARLET LETTER
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Literature
11th Grade
11/03/2009

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ponderous
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very heavy; massive
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pertains
Definition
concers; has to do with
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ediface
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building; esp a large imposing one
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inauspicious
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not favorable; unlucky
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venerable
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impressive b/c of age or historic or religious association
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iniquity
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wickedness; an unjust or unrighteous act
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haughty
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proud in a scornful way; arrogant
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inferred
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drawn as a conclusion
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visage
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face; facial features
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heterogenous
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of different origins; not of the same kind
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imperceptible
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not easily noticeable
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sagacity
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wisdom; sound judgement
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tremulous
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quivering; trembling
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effectual
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likely to produce a desired result
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amenable
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responsive; cooperative
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demeanor
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outward behavior
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peremptory
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absolute; undeniable; final
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lurid
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vivid in a shocking way; sensational
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inscrutable
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mysterious; not easily understood
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apprehension
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anxious feeling about the future
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mutability
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changeability
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caprice
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whim; sudden change of mind
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constrained
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forced
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inviolable
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sacred; not to be injured
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behest
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bidding; command
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emaciated
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abnormally lean; as from starvation or illness
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imminent
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likely to happen very soon
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importunate
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annoyingly persisten; insistent
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emissary
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a person sent on a special mission; an agent
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premeditated
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planned beforehand
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inimical
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hostile; in opposition
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veneration
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profound respect
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abomination
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something hateful and disgusting
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hypocrite
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one who pretends to be what he or she is not
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impalpable
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not preceptible to the touch; too subtle to be grasped by the mind
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scurrilous
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coarse; vulgar
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pristine
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pure; unspoiled; of an earlier condition
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pestilence
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infectious disease
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calamity
Definition
a disaster; an extreme misfortune
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extort
Definition
to get by force or threats
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deleterious
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harmful to health or well being
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propensity
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inclination; tendency
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asperity
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sharpness; harshness of temper
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loquacity
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excessive talkativeness
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transfiguration
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a radical change in form or appearance
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solace
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consolation; comfort
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inured
Definition
accustomed to something painful or difficult
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vicissitude
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unforeseeable change
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affiction
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something causing pain and dsitress; a misfortune
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probity
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integrity
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indefatigable
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untiring
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transitory
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temporary; not enduring
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appalled
Definition
filled with dismay; shocked
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conjectural
Definition
based on guesswork or incomplete evidence
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