Scarlet Letter Ch 6-10 Flashcards

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Transgression

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Infringing or violating a law, duty, order

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Mutability

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Prone to change, having the possibility to be changed

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Inimical

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Unfriendly, having a negative impact or bad effect

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Caprice

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A sudden, unpredictable condition, change, or sequence of changes

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Imbibe

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To drink, to soak, to steep, or to receive into the mind and remember

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Palliate

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The minimize the effects of something, making something less harmful, dangerous, hurtful

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Perverse

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Different in a way that makes others feel uncomfortable

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Exemplary

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Serving as a pattern, commendation or monitory

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Malicious

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Showing a desire to cause harm to someone

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Emaciated

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To waste away physically, to make feeble, to lose flesh and become very thin

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Inviolable

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Secure from violation, assault, trespass

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Importunate

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Causing annoyance or trouble, making repeated, annoying requests.

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