Scarlet Letter

Question 1

A thing added to something else as a supplementary rather than an essential part

Answer 1

adjunct

Question 2

An indicator or predictor of something. A leader as in desperate/violent undertaking

Answer 2

bellwether

Question 3

Make a shrill howling or wailing noise

Answer 3

caterwaul

Question 4

Existing only as the product of imagination. Absurd/ wildly/ fantastic/ impossible

Answer 4

chimerical

Question 5

Lacking in energy/ worn out/ out of date

Answer 5

effete

Question 6

A thing that has already happened or been decided/ an accomplished deed

Answer 6

fait accompli

Question 7

unwilling or unable to change because of tradition or convention/ narrow-minded and rigid in opinions—conservative

Answer 7

hidebound

Question 8

a system or an organization in which people or groups are ranked on above the other according to status or authority

Answer 8

hierarchy

Question 9

A religious service or rite

Answer 9

Liturgy

Question 10

Something illusory/ no basis in reality/ an optical phenomenon

Answer 10

Mirage

Question 11

Low, wet, or soft ground; muddy or boggy area

Answer 11

Morass

Question 12

Foul or having an extremely offensive smell; offensive/ disgusting/harmful

Answer 12

Noisome

Question 13

Forgetful/ unaware about what is happening around one

Answer 13

Oblivious

Question 14

An utter/ base coward

Answer 14

Poltroon

Question 15

A convert/ disciple

Answer 15

Proselyte

Question 16

Resembling something (partly or almost)

Answer 16

Quasi

Question 17

Good-humored ridicule; teasing

Answer 17

Raillery

Question 18

Irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or in decent in language

Answer 18

Ribald

Question 19

Lying face upward/ apathetic or passive/listless or lethargic

Answer 19

Supine

Question 20

A short description/ sketch (illustration with edges that gradually shade off; decorative design on title page/ beginning of a chapter)

Answer 20

Vignette