English: Scarlett Letter Vocab 1

Question 1

ignominy

Answer 1

n. shame; loss of one’s name or reputation

Question 2

iniquity

Answer 2

n. unjust action, act of wickedness

Question 3

contumely

Answer 3

n. contemptuous or humiliating treatment; insult

Question 4

preternaturally

Answer 4

adv. outside of nature; supernatural

Question 5

remonstrance

Answer 5

n. a pleading protest

Question 6

furrowed

Answer 6

adj. wrinkled, grooved

Question 7

ignominious

Answer 7

adj. shameful; contemptible; marked by ignomy

Question 8

amenable

Answer 8

adj. agreeable; submissive

Question 9

tempestuous

Answer 9

adj. tumultuous; turbulent

Question 10

uncongenial

Answer 10

adj. disagreeable

Question 11

progenitors

Answer 11

adj. a biologically related ancestor; predecessor

Question 12

emolument

Answer 12

n. profit, salary, or fees from office or employment

Question 13

ascetic

Answer 13

adj. exceedingly strict in religious exercises

Question 14

incredulity

Answer 14

n. unwillingness to believe

Question 15

mutability

Answer 15

n. the state of being easily changed

Question 16

caprice

Answer 16

n. a whim; a tendancy to change one mind without apparent motive

Question 17

edifice

Answer 17

n. a building, especially a large one of imposing appearance

Question 18

eldritch

Answer 18

adj. eerie; weird; spooky

Question 19

infirmity

Answer 19

n. a physical weakness or ailment

Question 20

evanescent

Answer 20

adj. vanishing; tending to become imperceptible