vocabulary


 * The Scarlet Letter **
 * Chapter 1 **
 * 1) **edifice:** structure
 * 2) **sepulcher:** tomb
 * 3) **ponderous:** weighty; heavy
 * 4) **congenial:** friendly; good-natured
 * 5) **portal:** doorway; entry
 * 6) **inauspicious:** unfavorable
 * Chapter 2 **
 * 1) **petrified:** terrified
 * 2) **indubitably:** certainly
 * 3) **venerable:** respected; revered
 * 4) **meager:** inadequate; insufficient
 * 5) **infamy:** ill repute
 * 6) **impropriety:** offensive behavior
 * 7) **brooch:** pin
 * 8) **beadle:** town official
 * 9) **repel:** to keep away; to repulse
 * 10) **abash:** embarrassed; ashamed
 * 11) **sumptuary/sumptuous:** luxurious; opulent
 * 12) **evanescent:** temporary; short-lived
 * 13) **iniquity:** sin
 * 14) **ignominious:** disgraceful; humiliating
 * 15) **penal:** punitive
 * 16) **papist:** Roman Catholic-derogatory
 * 17) **mien:** appearing; manner; bearing
 * 18) **vied:** compete; fight
 * 19) **jest:** to tease; joke
 * 20) **somber:** serious
 * 21) **contumely:** rudeness
 * 22) **disdain:** contempt; scorn
 * 23) **impediment:** obstacle
 * 24) **remonstrance: **a gesture of protest
 * 25) **visage:** features; façade
 * Chapter 3 **
 * 1) **cultivate:** to plant; to tend
 * 2) **heterogeneous:** mixed; not similar
 * 3) **garb:** attire
 * 4) **abate:** decrease; terminate
 * 5) **keen:** eager; intense; sharp
 * 6) **communicative:** talkative; outgoing
 * 7) **sagacity/sage:** wisdom, wise; wise person
 * 8) **eminent:** well-know; renowned
 * 9) **genial:** friendly; amiable
 * 10) **obstinacy:** stubbornness
 * 11) **exhort :** urge; encourage
 * 12) **tremulous:** quivering; shy
 * 13) **compel:** to force
 * 14) **lurid:** vivid; shocking
 * Chapter 4 **
 * 1) **rebuke:** to scold
 * 2) **sustenance:** nourishment
 * 3) **pervade:** permeate
 * 4) **dismal:** miserable; depressing
 * 5) **amenable:** agreeable
 * 6) **sojourn:** brief stay
 * 7) **avenge:** retaliate
 * 8) **potent:** powerful
 * 9) **efficacy:** effectiveness
 * 10) **leech:** bloodsucker
 * 11) ** lathe/nepenthe  **
 * 12) **wont:** accustomed or used to
 * 13) **peril:** danger
 * 14) **impel:** push; propel
 * 15) **ascend:** to rise
 * 16) **infamy:** notoriety
 * 17) **folly:** mistake
 * 18) **delude:** to deceive
 * 19) **feign:** to pretend
 * 20) **epoch:** era; time period
 * 21) **inquest**: investigation
 * 22) **besmirches:** slanders; defame
 * 23) **entice:** attract; tempt
 * Chapter 5 **
 * 1) **morbid:** macabre
 * 2) **combative:** argumentative
 * 3) **annihilate:** destroy; wipe out completely
 * 4) **ignominy:** disgrace; dishonor
 * 5) **grievous:** dreadful
 * 6) **inscrutable:** difficult to understand; describe; read
 * 7) **assimilate:** adapt
 * 8) **progenitor:** direct ancestor
 * 9) **plebian:** of low rank commoner
 * 10) **emolument:** ointment; salve; balm
 * 11) **ascetic:** frugal; abstinent
 * 12) **probable:** possible; likely
 * 1) **succor:** comfort, aid; help
 * 2) **insidious:** dangerous; sinister
 * 3) **guise:** appearance; pretext
 * 4) **avert :** turn away; prevent
 * 5) **sully:** tarnish; pollute
 * 6) **averred:** to state; claim
 * 7) **incredulity:** disbelieving

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 * Chapter 6 **
 * 1) **efficacy:** effectiveness
 * 2) **procured:** obtain; acquire
 * 3) **imbued:** instill
 * 4) **amenable:** agreeable
 * 5) **prolific:** productive; abundant
 * 6) **caprice:** whim; impulse
 * 7) **placid:** calm; peaceful
 * 8) **perverse:** wicked; stubborn; difficult
 * 9) **inviolable:** unbreakable; sacred; firm
 * 10) **requite:** retaliate
 * 11) **phantasmagoric:** fantastic; unreal; ghostlike
 * 12) **sprite:** fairy; elf
 * 13) **deportment:** manner; demeanor
 * 14) **semblance:** appearance
 * 15) **gesticulation:** gesture
 * 16) **inauspicious:** unfavorable; not promising
 * Chapter 7 **
 * 1) **ludicrous:** absurd; foolish
 * 2) **eminence:** distinction; prominence
 * 3) **pristine:** immaculate; pure; perfect
 * 4) **imperious:** domineering; arrogant
 * 5) **urchin:** small child; brat
 * 6) **imperative:** vital; commanding; necessary6
 * 7) **paternal:** fatherly; caring; kind
 * 8) **burnish:** polish; shine
 * 9) **panoply: an** object that protects like armor
 * 10) **exigencies:** emergencies; necessities
 * Chapter 8 **
 * 1) **emaciated:** thin; wasted; shrunken
 * 2) **boon:** blessing
 * 3) **comely:** pleasing appearance
 * Chapter 9 **
 * 1) **appellation:** designation; title
 * 2) **fervent:** eager; passionate
 * 3) **parochial:** limited
 * 4) **advent:** arrival
 * 5) **affinity:** similarity; kinship
 * 6) **tumult:** uproar; confusion
 * 7) **enumerate:** detail; list
 * 8) **abode:** house; dwelling; residence
 * 9) **erudite:** learned; educated
 * 10) **vilify:** to speak ill of
 * 11) **domain:** area of expertise or control
 * 12) **refute:** to disprove or rebut
 * Chapter 10 **
 * 1) **ominous:** threatening; menacing
 * 2) **inimical:** unfavorable; opposed
 * 3) **askance:** sideways; suspiciously
 * 4) **retribution:** vengeance; payback
 * 5) **solace:** comfort
 * 6) **stifle:** to smother or suppress
 * 7) **redeem:** to cash, compensate, save
 * 8) **propagate:** to spread; breed
 * 9) **entreat:** to beg or petition
 * 10) **decorous:** well mannered
 * 11) **tenacious:** determined; obstinate
 * 12) **demerits:** faults
 * 13) **wary:** cautious
 * 14) **imbue:** instill
 * 15) **palliate:** to make less serious; to excuse
 * 16) **ample:** plenty; abundant
 * 1) **malice:** hatred
 * 2) **latent:** hidden; suppressed
 * 3) **celestial:** having to do with the heavens
 * 4) **gait:** walk
 * 5) **odious:** hateful; loathsome
 * 6) **abhorrence:** hateful; loathsome
 * 7) **forlorn:** abandoned; dejected; without hope
 * 8) **machinations:** plotting
 * 9) **rebuke:** reprimand
 * 10) **sanctified:** holy
 * 11) **infirmity:** illness
 * 12) **venerate:** to worship
 * 13) **omniscient:** all knowing
 * 14) **diabolic:** evil
 * 15) **ethereal:** ghostly; eerie
 * 16) **delude:** to deceive
 * 17) **pith:** the essence