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Vocab List 2 11 H

Another set of vocab words for the Scarlet Letter

TermDefinition
Antipathy a. noun b. a strong dislike or aversion
Depredation a. noun b. to plunder (to take by force)
Estrange a. verb b. to alienate or be removed from traditional customs
Machinations a. noun b. the act of scheming or craftily planning
Odious a. adjective b. deserving of hatred or repugnance
Propensity a. noun b. natural preference
Sedulous a. adjective b. careful perseverance, diligence in pursuit
Colloquoy a.noun b. dialogue, conference
Dissolute a.adjective b. lacking restraint, especially regarding an indulgence in something
Imbibe a. verb b. to take in and retain (or drink)
Nugatory a. adjective b, to have little to no consequence
Plebeian a. noun b. common people
Propinquity a. noun b. kinship/proximity
Subjugate a. verb b. to conquer, to bring under control
Deleterious a. adjective b. to harm in an unexpected or subtle way
Duplicity a. noun b. contradictory doubling of thoughts, speech, or action or giving false true intentions by deceptive words/action
Imperious a.adjective b. arrogant assurance, domineering, commanding, urgent
Obeisance a. noun b. acknowledgement of someone else's superiority, movement of the body in submission
Potentate a. noun b. ruler, to wield great power
Repugnance a. noun b. the fact or insistence of being contradictory/ great dislike
Vicissitude a. noun b. the state of being changeable/ natural change or mutation/favorable or unfavorable event that occurs by chance/a difficulty of life/ or course of action beyond one's reach/alternating change, succession
Denizen a. noun b. inhabitant
Effluence a. noun b. to flow out
Lurid a. adjective b. horror, revulsion, gruesome
Obviate a. verb b.to anticipate and prevent
Preternatural a. adjective b. to exist outside of nature
Retribution a. noun b. recompensation, reward
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