Scarlet Letter Flashcards by Amanda Kuenzli | Brainscape

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To petrify

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To make afraid

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Fervor

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Intense passionate feeling

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To concoct

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To make

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Enmity

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Opposed to someone or something

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Transgressor

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To violate a law (sin)

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To exhort

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Influence (by words or advice)

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Insidious

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Cause harm in way not noticed (CHILLINGWORTH)

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Preternatural

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Beyond natural

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Purport

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Profess

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Efficacy

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Produce desired result

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Inopportune

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Inconvenient time

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To caper

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Shady activity

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Visage

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Persons face

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Retribution

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Punishment for criminal act

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To procure

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Obtain or acquire (by special action)

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Propinquity

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Being close

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Iniquity

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Unfair behavior

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Attire

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Clothing

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To rankle

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To cause Anger or irritation for long period

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Revile

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Speak in rude way

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Depravity

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Moral corruption; wickedness

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Dexterity

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Skill in tasks

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Mountebank

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Mobile Doctor

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Petulant

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Bad-tempered

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Profane

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Not respectful to religious practices

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Cadence

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Voice; sequence of musical notes

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Scrupulous

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Attentive to details, diligent

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To mollify

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To make less angry

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Sagacity

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Solid judgment and intelligent choices

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To vex

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Annoy or worry

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Vilify

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Say or write harsh things

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Requite

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Give or do in return for something

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Probity

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Strong morals; honesty

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Progenitors

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Ancestor or parent; starts movement

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Pestilence

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Fatal disease

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Emolument

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Salary; fee

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Vista

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Large and beautiful area of land or water

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To bestow

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Give; to gift

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Mien

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Look or manner

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Repose

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State of rest

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Fortitude

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Courage in adversity

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Machination

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Crafty schemes; plots; intrigues

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Auditor

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Listener; conducts audit

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Abase

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Reduce rank in office

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Venerable

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Has great respect for them

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Pristine

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Original condition; spotless

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Necromancer

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Wizard or magician

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Accost

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Confront boldly

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Decorous

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Polite; restrained

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Anti-transcendental in

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Philosophical movement of writers going against common belief