Scarlet Letter 2 Flashcards

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Indefeasable

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Not to be annulled or made void

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Expatiating

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Enlarging in discourse or writing.

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Requital

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Something given in return, compensation, or retaliation

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Emaciated

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To make very thin, as to lack of nutrition or to disease

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Retribution

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Punishment given in return for some wrong committed; judgment

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Appellation

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An identifying name or titlee

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Exemplary

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Worthy of imitation

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Sagacity

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Of keen mind; shrewd

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Abode

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Home, place of residence

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Commodiousness

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Comfortable or conveniently spacious; roomy

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Somniferous

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Hypnotic

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Somnambulism

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Sleepwalking

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Scurrilous

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Grossly and offensively abusive

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Jest

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Speak or act in a joking manner

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Zealously

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In am actively interested and enthusiastic manner

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Benign

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Not causing harm, lr gently disposition, beneficial

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Propensity

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An intense and often urgent natural inclination

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Transfiguration

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A change in appearance, usually exalted or glorified

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Obviated

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To see beforehand and dispose of; making unnecessary

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Remorse

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Long and bitter self-reproach for the wrongs one has done, esp. Those that cannot be made up for

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Acquiescing

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To accept or comply tacitly or passively

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Propinquity

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Nearness in place or time

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Sere

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Withered

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Verdure

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Condition of health and vigor

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Sedulous

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Diligent in application or pursuit

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Deleterious

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Having a harmful effect

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Enigma

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Something hard to understand or explain; mystery

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Asperity

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Roughness of manner or of temper; harshness

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Imputed

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Accredit; blame; fix a cause to

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Loquacity

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Exceedingly talkative

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Despondency

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Depression

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Contiguity

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The quality or state of next or near in time or sequence

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Misanthropy

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A hatred or distrust if mankind

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Satiating

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To satisfy fully

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Extenuation

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Making something appear less serious

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Hypocrite

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Insincere person, falsely making oneself seem better

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Machination

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A scheming or crafty action or artful design intended to accomplish some usually evil end

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Expiating

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Making payment for some wrong, esp. By undergoing punishment

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Irrevocable

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Unalterable; impossible to take back

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Solace

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Alleviation of grief or anxiety

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Stigma

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A mark of shame or discredit; stain

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Dryad

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Wood nymph, a nature divinity in greek mythology

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Mollified

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Soothed in temper or disposition

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Gesticulating

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Making gestures especially when speaking

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Vicissitude

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Unexpectedly changing circumstances

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Jocularity

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Characterized by joking

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Contiguous

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Having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching

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Necromancy

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Conjuring up the dead, especially for proohesying

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Repugnance

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Intense aversion

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Celestial

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Relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven

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Tumult

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Uproar and confusion; commotion, riot

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Nugatory

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Having no force; inoperative

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Antipathy

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A dislike, distaste, or enmity

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Escutcheon

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A protective or ornamental shield