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Scarlet Letter
Q3 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| congenial | agreeable, pleasing, pleasant |
| infamy | shameful notoriety; public reproach |
| malefactresses | female law offenders, female criminal |
| impediment | hindrance |
| paternal | fatherly |
| efficacy | effectiveness; able to get results |
| melancholy | sad |
| exhortation | urging; entreating |
| phantasmagoric | imaginary; dreamlike |
| commiseration | pity; sympathy |
| voluptuous | fond of, full of, producing sensual pleasures |
| malice | desire to inflict injury or suffering--being mean on purpose |
| grotesque | distorted; ridiculous; absurd |
| eccentricity | odd or peculiarity; weird action or quality of a character |
| pristine | pertaining to the earliest period; original; unspoiled |
| physiognomy | face |
| somnambulism | sleepwalking |
| benevolence | kindness; charitable act |
| acquiescing | complying quietly |