Scarlet Letter

Question 1

Anathema

Answer 1

A person shunned or disliked

Noun

Question 2

Choleric

Answer 2

Bad tempered or irritable

Noun

Question 3

Boon

Answer 3

Noun

A thing that is helpful or beneficial

Question 4

Eminent

Answer 4

Adj

Famous and respected within a particular sphere or profession

Question 5

Emissary

Answer 5

Noun

A person sent on a special mission, diplomatic representative

Question 6

Enmity

Answer 6

Noun

The state of feeling actively opposed or hostile to someone or something

Question 7

Erudite

Answer 7

Adj

The quality of having or showing great knowledge or learning; scholarship

Question 8

Exigency

Answer 8

Noun

An urgent need or demand

Question 9

Expatiate

Answer 9

Verb

To speak or write at length or in detail

Question 10

Inimical

Answer 10

Adj

Tending to harm. Hostile

Question 11

Iniquity

Answer 11

Noun

Immoral or grossly unfair behavior

Question 12

Insidious

Answer 12

Adj

Progressing in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects

Question 13

Machination

Answer 13

Noun

A scheme to reach an evil goal

Question 14

Manifold

Answer 14

Adj

Many and various

Question 15

Mollify

Answer 15

Verb

To appease the anger or anxiety of someone

Question 16

Obviate

Answer 16

Verb

To avoid or prevent by replacement

Question 17

Palliate

Answer 17

Verb

To make a disease less severe or unpleasant without removing the cause

Question 18

Propinquity

Answer 18

Noun

The state of being close to something or someone

Question 19

Rebuke

Answer 19

Verb

To express sharp disapproval or criticism of someone because of their behavior or actions

Question 20

Scurrilous

Answer 20

Adj

Making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation