Scarlet Letter Ch 6-10 Flashcards
Transgression
Infringing or violating a law, duty, order
Mutability
Prone to change, having the possibility to be changed
Inimical
Unfriendly, having a negative impact or bad effect
Caprice
A sudden, unpredictable condition, change, or sequence of changes
Imbibe
To drink, to soak, to steep, or to receive into the mind and remember
Palliate
The minimize the effects of something, making something less harmful, dangerous, hurtful
Perverse
Different in a way that makes others feel uncomfortable
Exemplary
Serving as a pattern, commendation or monitory
Malicious
Showing a desire to cause harm to someone
Emaciated
To waste away physically, to make feeble, to lose flesh and become very thin
Inviolable
Secure from violation, assault, trespass
Importunate
Causing annoyance or trouble, making repeated, annoying requests.