English III Scarlet Letter

Question 0

prate

Answer 0

verb

to talk excessively and pointlessly;

Question 1

decorous

Answer 1

adjective

characterized by dignified propriety;

Question 2

genial

Answer 2

adjective

warmly pleasantly cheerful;

Question 3

edifice

Answer 3

noun

a building, especially one of large size or imposing appearance;

Question 4

infirmity

Answer 4

noun
physical weakness or ailment;
moral weakness or failing;

Question 5

truculent

Answer 5

adjective
fierce, cruel;
aggresively hostile;

Question 6

inclement

Answer 6

adjective

(of the weather) severe, rough, harsh, stormy;

Question 7

emolument

Answer 7

noun

salary from employment;

Question 8

laudable

Answer 8

adjective

praiseworthy;

Question 9

torpid

Answer 9

adjective

inactive or sluggish;

Question 10

sagacious

Answer 10

adjective

acutely insightful and wise;

Question 11

indolent

Answer 11

adjective
reluctance to exertion;
slothful;

Question 12

alacrity

Answer 12

noun

cheerful readiness;

Question 13

gourmand

Answer 13

noun

a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminantly and to excess;

Question 14

countenance

Answer 14

noun
facial expression;
relating to the face;

Question 15

evanescent

Answer 15

adjective

vanishing, fading away;

Question 16

fastidious

Answer 16

adjective

excessively particular, critical, or demanding;

Question 17

imbue

Answer 17

verb

to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, or emotions;

Question 18

encumbrance

Answer 18

noun
something burdensome;
hindrance;

Question 19

filial

Answer 19

adjective
befitting a son or daughter;
having the relation of a child to a parent;

Question 20

semblance

Answer 20

noun
outward appearance;
the slightest appearance or trace;

Question 21

posthumous

Answer 21

adjective
arising, occuring, or continuing after one’s death;
published after the death of an author;

Question 22

inauspicious

Answer 22

adjective

ill-omened, unfavorable;

Question 23

taint

Answer 23

noun

trace of something bad, offensive, harmful;

Question 24

heterogeneous

Answer 24

adjective

different in kind, unlike, incongruous;

Question 25

physiognomy

Answer 25

noun

face or countenance when taken into consideration of character;

Question 26

sunder

Answer 26

verb

to seperate, part, or divide;

Question 27

diabolical

Answer 27

adjective
having the qualities of the devil;
fiendish;

Question 28

despondency

Answer 28

noun
depression;
dejection;

Question 29

inscrutable

Answer 29

adjective
incapable of being examined, investigated, or scrutinized;
not easily understood, mysterious;