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Scarlet Letter

Vocabulary from the Scarlet Letter

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CHAPTER ONE
THRONG a great number of persons crowded together.
EDIFICE a large, usually impressive building.
UTOPIA a place or state of political or social perfection. Comes from a novel by Sir Thomas Moore about a
perfect society.
ALLOT to divide or distribute in shares.
SEASONABLE timely or opportune.
SEPULCHRES a burial vault built of rock or stone.
PONDEROUS weighty or clumsy.
CONGENIAL pleasant, friendly.
INAUSPICIOUS not prosperous.
PORTAL a doorway of imposing appearance.
CHAPTER TWO
PHYSIOGNOMIES the facial features held to show qualities of mind or character by their configuration or
expression.
AUGURED foretold.
BETOKENED given evidence of.
TRIBUNAL a court of forum of justice.
INFERENCE the act of passing from one proposition, statement, or judgment considered as true to another whose
truth is believed to follow from that of the former.
INDUBITABLY unquestionably.
ANTINOMIAN one who rejects a socially established morality.
HETERODOX holding unorthodox opinions or doctrines.
SCOURGED to subject to severe criticism or satire.
FIREWATER strong alcoholic beverage.
MAGISTRATE a local official exercising administrative and often judicial functions.
GALLOWS the punishment of hanging.
VENERABLE made sacred especially by religious or historical association.
MEAGRE lacking desirable qualities; meager.
TRANSGRESSOR violator.
SCAFFOLD a platform on which a criminal is executed.
INFAMY evil reputation brought about by something grossly criminal, shocking, or brutal.
IMPROPRIETY the quality or state of being improper.
FARTHINGALE a support worn in the 16th century beneath a skirt to expand it at the hip line.
FIBRE basic toughness.
ROTUNDITY rounded.
BEHOOF advantage, profit.
MALEFACTRESSES a person who violates the law or does evil.
TROW believe.
AUTUMAL a period of maturity or incipient decline.
BAGGAGE a worthless or contemptible woman; prostitute.
HEATHENISH barbarous.
BEADLE a minor parish official whose duties include ushering and preserving order at services and sometimes civil
functions.
ABASHED to destroy the self-confidence of.
SUMPTUARY designed to regulate habits on moral or religious grounds.
GENTILITY the members of the upper class.
EVANESCENT tending to vanish like vapor.
IGNOMINY disgraceful or dishonorable conduct, quality, or action.
BRAZEN marked by contemptuous boldness.
HUSSY a saucy or mischievous girl.
MERIDIAN midday; noon.
Created by: 100001978863192
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