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Chapters 1-14 Vocab
The Scarlet Letter
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| sepulcher | tombs/graves |
| edifice | building |
| congenial | agreeable |
| inauspicious | unfavorable/unlucky |
| portal | door/gate/entrance |
| physiognomies | facial features |
| infamy | evil fame/reputation |
| penal | pertaining to punishment for breaking the law |
| impropriety | improper act/expresion |
| ignominy | humiliating circumstances |
| awe | emotion/respect tinged with fear |
| sojourn | temporary stay/brief trip or journey |
| sagacity | shrewdness/wiseness |
| mien | demeanor/manner or apperance |
| obstinancy | stubborness/thickheadedness |
| apprehensive | fearful/uneasy/nervous |
| inevitable | unavoidable/cannot be prevented |
| alchemy | magical power |
| efficacy | desired effect |
| tempestuous | stormy/tumultous |
| quaff | to drink hartily/to chug |
| feign | to pretend/to give false appearance |
| paramour | illegitimate lover/sweetheart |
| purge | to rid of impurities/to purify |
| superfluous | beyond what is required/extra |
| succor | to help in time of distress/relief |
| potent | powerful/havingstrength |
| contumaciously | stubbornly/disobediently |
| mutilibility | quality of changing |
| malicious | capable of harming others |
| anathemas | curse |
| deportment | demeanor/conduct |
| abyss | chaos/bottomless hole |
| elfish | mischievous |
| ludicrous | laughable/absurd |
| urchin | mischievous child |
| panopoly | suit of armor |
| exigencies | urgent requirements |
| talisman | a charm thought to bring good luck |
| venerable | worthy of respect |
| benevolence | good nature/nice |
| apparitions | ghost |
| emaciated | thin and wasted |
| mountebank | imposter/swindler |
| obtrusive | forward in conduct |
| perilous | dangerous |
| zeal | enthusiasm for a cause |
| eminent | disinguished reputation |
| celibacy | abstinence from sex |
| incantations | reciting magical spells |
| sexton | person responsible for church upkeep |
| stealthily | secretly |
| solace | comfort in sorrow |
| eccentricity | different from others |
| proffer | to offer/to tender |
| anathamas | a fromal curse |
| abhorrence | hate |
| machinations | crafty plot for evil |
| efficacious | producing a desire effect |
| ethereal | Heavenly |
| tremulous | vibrating/quivering |
| somnambulism | sleepwalking |
| zenith | highest point in the sky |
| infirmity | feebleness |
| reverberate | to echo |
| forbode | to warn |
| despondency | depression |
| pestilence | disease |
| zealous | very enthusiastic |
| propensity | an inclination for something |
| peril | danger |
| auspicious | favorable/lucky |
| gloat | to express self satisfaction |
| rankle | to cause irritation/to annoy |
| remorse | bitter regret for past misdeeds |
| avenge | to take revenge for |
| bane | a cause of death or ruin/affliction or curse |
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