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Scarlet Letter Vocab
Scarlet Letter Vocab 1-25
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| edifice | a large building |
| sepulcher | a tomb or burial place |
| scourged | causing affliction or calamity |
| evanescent | vanishing; fleeting |
| ignominy | disgrace; dishonor |
| abate | to make less |
| fervor | great earnestness |
| amenable | willing to yield or submit |
| peremptory | unable to deny or refuse; imperative |
| vivify | to give life to |
| efficacy | being successful in producing an intended result; effectiveness |
| mutability | subject to change or alteration |
| epoch | a period of time marked by specific events |
| caprice | a tendency to change one's mine without apparent motive; whimsicality |
| ludicrous | laughable |
| extant | still existing |
| exigence | a state of affairs that makes urgent demands |
| expatitate | to enlarge in discourse or writing; be copious in description or discussion |
| delve | to research thoroughly; to investigate |
| sagacity | mental discernment and sound judgement |
| inimical | unfriendly; hostile |
| solace | comfort in sorrow |
| propagate | to publicize |
| palliate | to relieve or lessen without curing |
| odious | deserving or causing hatred; detestable |