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Scarlet LetterVocab
Scarlet Letter Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abstruse | Hard to understand, deep, recondite |
| Accost | to approach and speak first in an aggressive and challenging way, to solicit sexually |
| Aristocracy | a hereditary privileged ruling class or nobility; any group or class considered to be superior |
| Asperity | ill temper, irritability, roughness or harshness as of surface, weather, or sound |
| Besmirch | to soil, to dim the purity or luster of, to tarnish to dishonor |
| Caprice | an impulsive change of mind |
| Dearth | scarcity, lack-shortage of food |
| Decorous | exhibiting conformity to social conventions, proper |
| Dolefully | filled with grief, mournful, melancholy, sad |
| Effervescence | sparkling high spirits, spontaneous liveliness, vivacity |
| Efficacious | capable of producing the desired effect, effective |
| Effusion | the unrestrained out pouring of feeling, such as in speech or writing |
| Encumbrance | a burden impediment, or obstacle (law) a lien or claim upon property |
| Entreaty | an earnest request or petition, plea |
| Ethereal | highly refined, delicate, exquisite, of the celestial spheres, heavenly |
| Filial | of pertaining to, or befitting a son or daughter |
| Grisly | horrifying, repugnant, gruesome, ghastly |
| Haggard | appearing worn or as if from suffering or deprivation |
| Ignominious | characterized by shame or disgrace, despicable, degrading |
| Incongruity | not corresponding, inharmonious, disagreeing, incompatible, not consistent with what is proper or correct |
| Infirmity | a lack of power, bodily debilitation, frailty |
| Inimical | not conducive, harmful, adverse, unfriendly, hostile, and agnostic |
| Inured | to make used to something undesirable by prolonged subjection |
| Lurid | causing shock or horror, glowing or glaring through a haze, sallow in color |
| Malevolent | having or exhibiting ill will, wishing harm to others, malicious, having an evil influence |
| Malleable | capable of being shaped or formed, capable of being altered or influenced |
| Mien | one's bearing or manner, expression, and appearance of aspect |
| Mutability | subject to change or alteration, prone to frequent change, inconstant, fickle |
| Obtuse | not acute or intense, dull, slow to apprehend or perceive |
| palliate | to make an offense or crime seem less serious, reduce the pain or intensity of, extenuate, to make less severe without curing |
| petulant | unreasonably irritable or ill tempered, peevish |
| plaintive | expressing sorrow, mournful, melancholy |
| polemical | a controversy of argument, especially one that is a refutation of or an attack upon a specified opinion, doctrine, or the like |
| ponderous | having great weight, massive, huge |
| prate | to talk idly at great length, chatter |
| propensity | an innate inclination, tendency |
| remonstrate | to say or plead in protest, objection, or reproof, to make objections, argue against some action |
| replete | plentifully supplied, gorged, great abundance |
| sagacious | having or shown keen perception or discernment and sound judgment |
| scurrilous | given to the use of vulgar or low abusive language, foul-mouthed |
| solace | comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or distress, consolation |
| temporal | pertaining to worldly affairs, short lived-enduring a short time |
| venerate | to regard with respect, reverence, or heartfelt deference |
| vicissitude | any change or variation in something, mutability, natural change or variations, alterations manifested in nature and human affairs |
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