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Scarlet Letter Vocab
English 11 H
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abstruse (adj.) | Difficult to understand |
| Amiable (adj) | Having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner |
| Anarchist (n.) | A person who practices anarchy |
| Antipathy (n.) | A deep-seated feeling of dislike; aversion |
| Appellation (n.) | Identifying name or title |
| Benevolence (n.) | The quality of being well meaning; kindness |
| Cantankerous (adj.) | Bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative |
| Colloquy (n.) | Formal conversation or discussion |
| Contiguous (n.) | Next to; touching |
| Deleterious (adj.) | Having an unexpected harmful effect |
| Edifice (n.) | A large, elaborate structure; an imposing building |
| Ensue (v.) | To take place afterward |
| Feign (v.) | To pretend |
| Garrulous (adj.) | Excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters |
| Gesticulation (n.) | A gesture, especially a dramatic one, used instead of speaking or to emphasize one's words |
| Hedonist (n.) | One who believes that the pursuit of pleasure is the most important thing in life |
| Ignominy (n.) | Deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| Importunate (adj.) | Troublesomely urgent |
| Inauspicious (adj.) | Unfavorable, unlucky, suggesting bad luck for the future |
| indefatigable (adj.) | Untiring |
| Indomitable (adj.) | Impossible to defeat |
| Inducements (n.) | Motives; incentives |
| Latent (adj.) | Hidden |
| Loquacity (n.) | The quality of talking continually or expressively |
| Obeisance (n.) | Gesture of respect |
| Panoply (n.) | Full suit of armor; impressive array |
| Physiognomy (n.) | The art of judging human character from facial features |
| Pious (adj.) | Devoutly religious |
| Probity (n.) | Honesty, uprightness |
| Propensity (n.) | Tendency |
| Propinquity (n.) | Nearness |
| Recalcitrant (adj.) | Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline |
| Recompense (n.) | Payment for a service |
| Stigmatized (adj.) | Identified with disgrace |
| Stoic (n.) | A person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining. |
| Taciturn (adj.) | Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little of a person |
| Torpid (adj.) | Sluggish; without motion |
| Tribunal (n.) | Court or meeting at which a trial is carried out |
| Vicissitude (n.) | Quality of being changeable |
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Jenna201
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