Ch7- Scarlet Letter Flashcards
PERSONAGE
(n.) A person of distinction or importance
EMINENCE
(n.) High station, rank, or repute
INTRINSIC
(adj.) Belonging to a thing by its very nature
CONTRIVING
(v.) To plan with ingenuity
WAN
(adj.) suggesting ill-health
PRECINCTS
(n.) a districts, marked out for governmental purpose
URCHINS
(n.) a mischevious boy
PESTILENCE
(n.) deadly or virulentepidemic disease
EXTANT
(adj.) in existence
STUCCO
(n.) fine plaster, masonry
CABALISTIC
(adj.) mystic; occult
QUIANT
(adj.) strange; peculiar in an interesting or pleasing way
CAPER
(v.) to leap or skip about in a springly manner
SERF
(n.) slave or person in a condition of servitude
FOLIO TOME
(n.) book made of folded sheet
FORSOOTH
(adv.) indeed; infact
GORGET
(n.) piece of armor for the throat
CUIRASS
(n.) torso protective armor
GAUNTLESS
(n.) medieval gloves in armor
BURNISHED
(v.) to polish
PANOPLY
(n.) Complete suit of armor
ANNALS
(n.) record of event
ELDRITCH
(adj.) eerie; weird; spooky
PEWTER TANKARD
(n.) tin large drinking cup