Ch7- Scarlet Letter Flashcards
1
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PERSONAGE
A
(n.) A person of distinction or importance
2
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EMINENCE
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(n.) High station, rank, or repute
3
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INTRINSIC
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(adj.) Belonging to a thing by its very nature
4
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CONTRIVING
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(v.) To plan with ingenuity
5
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WAN
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(adj.) suggesting ill-health
6
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PRECINCTS
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(n.) a districts, marked out for governmental purpose
7
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URCHINS
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(n.) a mischevious boy
8
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PESTILENCE
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(n.) deadly or virulentepidemic disease
9
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EXTANT
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(adj.) in existence
10
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STUCCO
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(n.) fine plaster, masonry
11
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CABALISTIC
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(adj.) mystic; occult
12
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QUIANT
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(adj.) strange; peculiar in an interesting or pleasing way
13
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CAPER
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(v.) to leap or skip about in a springly manner
14
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SERF
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(n.) slave or person in a condition of servitude
15
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FOLIO TOME
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(n.) book made of folded sheet