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Scarlet Letter Vocab
The Scarlet Letter Vocabulary Chapters 1-8
Term | Definition |
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edifice | a building especially a large imposing on one |
inauspicious | not favorable; unlucky |
venerable | impressive because of age or historic or religious associations |
iniquity | wickedness; an unjust or unrighteousness |
ignominious | shameful; humiliating |
visage | face; facial features |
manifest | evident; obvoious |
sagacity | wisdom; sound judgment |
intimated | hinted at |
efficday | effectiveness |
feigned | pretended |
mutability | changeability |
inviolable | sacred; not to be injured |
benest | bidding; command |
imbibes | drinks in; absorbs |
pervaded | spread throughout |
peremptony | absolute; undeniable; final |
repugnance | extreme |
perverse | different from what is considered right; coritrary |
hypocrite | one who pretends to be what he or she is not |