Ch7- Scarlet Letter Flashcards

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PERSONAGE

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(n.) A person of distinction or importance

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EMINENCE

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(n.) High station, rank, or repute

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INTRINSIC

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(adj.) Belonging to a thing by its very nature

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CONTRIVING

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(v.) To plan with ingenuity

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WAN

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(adj.) suggesting ill-health

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PRECINCTS

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(n.) a districts, marked out for governmental purpose

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URCHINS

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(n.) a mischevious boy

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PESTILENCE

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(n.) deadly or virulentepidemic disease

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EXTANT

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(adj.) in existence

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STUCCO

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(n.) fine plaster, masonry

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CABALISTIC

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(adj.) mystic; occult

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QUIANT

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(adj.) strange; peculiar in an interesting or pleasing way

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CAPER

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(v.) to leap or skip about in a springly manner

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SERF

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(n.) slave or person in a condition of servitude

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FOLIO TOME

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(n.) book made of folded sheet

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FORSOOTH

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(adv.) indeed; infact

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GORGET

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(n.) piece of armor for the throat

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CUIRASS

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(n.) torso protective armor

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GAUNTLESS

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(n.) medieval gloves in armor

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BURNISHED

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(v.) to polish

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PANOPLY

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(n.) Complete suit of armor

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ANNALS

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(n.) record of event

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ELDRITCH

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(adj.) eerie; weird; spooky

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PEWTER TANKARD

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(n.) tin large drinking cup