click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Scarlet Letter Vocab
The Scarlet Letter Vocabulary Chapters 1-8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| edifice | a building especially a large imposing on one |
| inauspicious | not favorable; unlucky |
| venerable | impressive because of age or historic or religious associations |
| iniquity | wickedness; an unjust or unrighteousness |
| ignominious | shameful; humiliating |
| visage | face; facial features |
| manifest | evident; obvoious |
| sagacity | wisdom; sound judgment |
| intimated | hinted at |
| efficday | effectiveness |
| feigned | pretended |
| mutability | changeability |
| inviolable | sacred; not to be injured |
| benest | bidding; command |
| imbibes | drinks in; absorbs |
| pervaded | spread throughout |
| peremptony | absolute; undeniable; final |
| repugnance | extreme |
| perverse | different from what is considered right; coritrary |
| hypocrite | one who pretends to be what he or she is not |