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Scarlet Letter Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ponderous | very heavy; massive |
| Pertains | concerns; has to do with |
| Edifice | a building, esp. a large imposing one |
| Inauspicious | not favorable; unlucky |
| Indubitably | unquestionably |
| Venerable | impressive because of age or historic or religious associations |
| Iniquity | wickedness; an unjust or unrighteous act |
| Ignominious | shameful; humiliating |
| Haughty | proud in a scornful way, arrogant |
| Inferred | drawn as a conclusion |
| Disdainful | proudly aloof; scornful |
| Remonstrance | an objection; a complaint |
| Visage | face; facial features |
| Manifest | evident; obvious |
| Imperceptible | not easily noticable |
| Sagacity | wisdom; sound judgment |
| Eminent | distinguished; high in rank or position |
| Tremulous | quivering; trembling |
| Effectual | likely to produce a desired result |
| Pervaded | spread throughout |
| Amenable | responsive; cooperative |
| Demeanor | outward behavior |
| Intimated | hinted at |
| Peremptory | absolute; undeniable; final |
| Efficacy | effectiveness |
| Feigned | pretended |
| Lurid | vivid in a shocking way; sensational |
| Annihilate | to destroy completely |
| Inscrutable | mysterious; not easily understood |
| Repugnance | extreme distaste |
| Exhortation | an earnest warning; a strong urging |
| Talisman | an object with magic power; a charm |
| Apprehension | anxious feeling about the future |
| Mutability | changeability |
| Caprice | whim; sudden change of mind |
| Inexplicable | that which cannot be explained or understood |
| Perverse | different from what is considered right; contrary |
| Malicious | spiteful; intentionally harmful |
| Constrained | forced |
| Evoked | called forth |
| Inviolable | sacred; not to be injured |
| Reviled | used abusive language toward |
| Impelled | drove; forced; compelled |
| Imperatively | in a demanding way |
| Behest | bidding; command |
| Transgressions | sins; acts that are against the law |
| Imbibes | drinks in; absorbs |
| Adduced | stated as reasons |
| Exemplary | serving as a model; worth imitating; serving as a warning |
| Emaciated | abnormally lean, as from starvation or illness |
| Imminent | likely to happen very soon |
| Importunate | annoyingly persistent; insistent |
| Celibacy | the state of being unmarried, esp. that of a person under a vow not to marry |
| Emissary | a person sent on a mission; an agent |
| Premeditated | planned beforehand |
| Inimical | hostile; in opposition |
| Potency | effectiveness; strength |
| Palliate | to make seem less serious or offensive |
| Veneration | profound respect |
| Abomination | something hateful and disgusting |
| Hypocrite | one who pretends to be what he/she is not |
| Introspection | examination of one's own thoughts and feelings |
| Impalpable | not perceptible to the touch; too subtle to be grasped by the mind |
| Expiation | atonement |
| Scurrilous | coarse; vulgar |