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SC Chap 1-12
Scarlet letter vocab chapters 1-12
| 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 |
| Imperceptible | Not easily noticeable |
| Sagacity | Wisdom;sound judgement |
| 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 |
| Leech | Physician |
| Feigned | Pretended |
| Lucid | Vivid in a shocking way; sensational |
| Annihilate | To destroy completely |
| Inscrutable | Mysterious; not easily understood |
| Repugnance | Extreme distate |
| 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(exemplary punishment) |
| 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 special mission; an agent |
| Premeditated | Planned beforehand |
| Inimical | Hostile; in a 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 touch; to subtle to be grasped by the mind |
| Expiation | Atonement |
| Scurrilous | Coarse;Vulgar |
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