Ch14- Scarlet Letter Flashcards

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PROPINQUITY

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(n.) nearness in place; proximity

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USURPING

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(v.) to seize and hold; to use without authority

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BANE

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(n.) a person or thing that ruins or spoils; a deadly poison

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PERADVENTURE

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(n.) chance, dout or uncertainity

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ENTREATY

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(n.) an earnest request or petition

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DERISIVELY

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(adj.) contemptuous; mocking

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PERPETRATION

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(v.) to commit

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SPAKE

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(v.) past tense of speak

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DIREST

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(adj.) causing or involving great fear or suffering

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PURPORT

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(v.) the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely

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