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Scarlet Letter Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| sepulchre | a burial vault, a receptacle built for sacred relics |
| utopia | ideally perfect place, especially in its social, political, and moral aspects |
| edifice | a building, especially one of imposing appearance or size |
| physiognomy | the art of judging human character from facial features |
| heterodox | not in agreement with accepted beliefs, especially in church doctrine or dogma |
| infamy | evil fame or reputation |
| autumnal | a period of maturity verging on decline |
| ignominy | great personal dishonor or humiliation |
| deportment | a manner of personal conduct, behavior |
| countenance | appearance, especially the expression of the face |
| phantasmagoric | a fantastic sequence of haphazardly associative imagery, as seen in dreams or fever |
| visage | the face or facial expression of a person |
| iniquity | gross immorality or injustice, wickedness |
| tremulous | marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking |
| sagamores | subordinate chief among the Algonquians of North America |
| peremptory | to take the place of, displace, to have precedence or predominance over |
| paramour | a lover, especially one in an adulterous relationship |
| vivify | to give or bring life to, animate |
| penitence | remorse for past conduct, regret for wrongdoing |
| ascetic | a person who renounces material comforts and leads a life of austere self-discipline, especially as an act of religious devotion |
| reviled | to assail with abusive language |
| exhortation | a speech or discourse that encourages, incites, or earnestly advises |
| amenable | responsive to advice, authority, or suggestion, responsible to higher authority |
| caprice | an impulsive change of mind |
| ludicrous | ridiculous, laughable because of obvious absurdity |
| intrinsic | of or relating to the essential nature of a thing, inherent |
| sagacity | the quality of being discerning, sound in judgement, and farsighted; wisdom |
| somniferous | inducing sleep |
| askance | with disapproval, suspicion, or distrust |
| diabolical | like the devil, having devilish qualities or characteristics |
| vindicate | to clear of accusation, defend or justify |
| mountebank | hawker of quack medicines who attracts customers with stories, jokes, or tricks |
| inauspicious | ill-fated, ominous |
| solemnity | somberness |
| malefactress | evil doer, one who commits crime |
| impropriety | the quality or condition of being improper |
| evanescent | vanishing like a vapor |
| beadle | a minor parish official |
| papist | a disapproving term for a Roman Catholic |
| magistrate | a civil officer with power to administer and enforce law |
| pillory | a wooden framework on a post, with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were formerly locked to be exposed to public scorn as punishment |
| alchemy | a medical chemical philosophy having as its asserted aims the transmutation of base metals into gold, discover of panacea, and preparation of the elixir of longevity |
| expostulation | to reason earnestly with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct |
| preternatural | exceeding the ordinary, unusual, extraordinary |
| flank | to put something on each side of |
| tankard | a large drinking cup having a single handle and often a hinged cover, especially a tale pewter or silver mug |
| panoply | splendid or striking array |
| exigencies | a pressing or urgent situation |
| eldritch | strange or unearthly, eerie |
| benevolence | an inclination to perform kind, charitable acts |
| catechism | a book giving a brief summary of the basic principles of Christianity in question and answer form |
| indefeasible | can't be annulled or void |
| sundering | breaking into parts |
| appellation | a name, title, or designation |
| apothecary | one that prepares and sells drugs and other medicines, a pharmacist |
| parochial | of, relating to, supported by, or located in a parish |
| despondent | feeling dejected |
| erudition | deep, extensive learning |
| commodiousness | spacious, roomy |
| emaciated | to be extremely thin, as in starvation |
| efficacious | producing or capable of producing a desired effect |
| scourge | whip used to inflict punishment |
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