Scarlet Letter 2 Flashcards
Indefeasable
Not to be annulled or made void
Expatiating
Enlarging in discourse or writing.
Requital
Something given in return, compensation, or retaliation
Emaciated
To make very thin, as to lack of nutrition or to disease
Retribution
Punishment given in return for some wrong committed; judgment
Appellation
An identifying name or titlee
Exemplary
Worthy of imitation
Sagacity
Of keen mind; shrewd
Abode
Home, place of residence
Commodiousness
Comfortable or conveniently spacious; roomy
Somniferous
Hypnotic
Somnambulism
Sleepwalking
Scurrilous
Grossly and offensively abusive
Jest
Speak or act in a joking manner
Zealously
In am actively interested and enthusiastic manner
Benign
Not causing harm, lr gently disposition, beneficial
Propensity
An intense and often urgent natural inclination
Transfiguration
A change in appearance, usually exalted or glorified
Obviated
To see beforehand and dispose of; making unnecessary
Remorse
Long and bitter self-reproach for the wrongs one has done, esp. Those that cannot be made up for
Acquiescing
To accept or comply tacitly or passively