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Scarlet Letter Vocab
The Scarlet Letter Vocabulary Chapters 9-17
Term | Definition |
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emaciated | abnormally lean as from starvation or illness |
Providental | showing the guidance of God |
Providence | the guidance or direction of God |
improtunate | annoyingly persistent, insistent |
despondent | lacking in hope; pessimistic |
inimical | hostile; in opposition |
forebode | to predict; to foretell |
palliate | to make seem less serious or offensive |
scurrilous | coarse; vulgar |
ethereal | not earthly; heavenly |
expiation | atonement |
defunct | no longer alive |
despotic | like an absolute ruler or tyrant |
pristine | pure; unspoiled |
capricious | changeable, flighty |
loquacity | excessive talkativeness |