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SL CH. 7-12 Vocab.

This stack contains vocabulary for chapters 7 through 12 of the "Scarlet Letter"

TermDefinition
Cabalistic Belonging, according, or relating to the Jewish Cabala
Chirurgical Of, concerned with, or treating of surgery
Contagion* A disease-producing agent
Deportment The manner in which one conducts himself
Despondent Feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression
Emaciated* Very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness
Erudition* Extensive knowledge acquired chiefly from books
Imperious* Marked by arrogance
Leech A physician
Pestilence* A contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is devastating, especially the Bubonic Plague
Demerits A quality that deserves blame or lacks merit
Ethereal* Of or relating to the regions beyond Earth; heavenly
Expiation The act of extinguishing the guilt incurred by something
Inextricable* Incapable of being disentangled or untied
Inimical* Being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence
Ominous Being or exhibiting an omen, especially of foreshadowing evil
Portent* Something that foreshadows a coming event
Scurrilous Using or given to coarse language
Somnambulism An abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts, like walking, are performed
Zenith The highest point reached in the heavens by a celestial body
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