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The Scarlet Letter
Vocab from The Scarlet Letter
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Strict Severe Self-Denying | Ascetic |
| Likeness Resemblance Similarity | Similitude |
| Commanding | Imperious |
| Assumption | Supposition |
| Wickedness Evil | Iniquity |
| Scarcity Lack of something | Dearth |
| Disgrace Dishonor Shame | Ignominy |
| A temporary stay | Sojourn |
| To assist | Succor |
| To drink | Imbibe |
| Sly Crafty | Insidious |
| To affirm something To declare to be true | Aver |
| A curse | Anathema |
| Hostility | Enmity |
| Payment for work | Emolument |
| Predict Foretell | Augur |
| Worthy of respect | Venerable |
| Mournful Sad | Plaintive |
| Permeate Be prevalent throughout | Pervade |
| Obedient | Amenable |
| Urgent Unable to be delayed | Peremptory |
| Objection | Expostulation |
| To pretend Make a false show of something | Feign |
| Mysterious Hard to decipher | Inscrutable |
| Imposing structure or building | Edifice |
| Unfavorable Ominous | Inauspicious |
| An act of protesting or objecting | Remonstrance |
| A moral defect or stain A corruption | Taint |
| Lessen Diminish | Abate |
| To commit a sin or break a law | Transgress |
| Occult (-like) | Cabalistic |
| Pressing need or demand | Exigency |
| To separate or divide | Sundering |
| To speak in great detail Elaborate | Expatiate |
| Outrageous Flamboyant | Flagrant |
| Not capable of being undone | Indefeasible |
| Bearing Demeanor Manner | Mien |
| A whim or impulse | Caprice |
| Adduce | |
| Contumaciously |