Scarlet Letter Vocab 1 Flashcards
n. burial or grave
sepulchre
adj. vanishing; fleeting; passing away
evanescent
n. the face; facial features; indicative of character
physiognomy
n. disgrace, dishonor, public shame, a loss of reputation
ignominy
n. perspective
mien
adj. ghostly relating to spirits
spectral
adj. ghost-like, illusionary
phantasmagoric
n. the act of reasoning with a person in opposition to his conduct; dissuasion
expostulation
n. the doctrine, study and practice of chemistry
alchemy
adj. glad; ready; to wish or desire
fain
an ancestor in direct line; forefather
progenitor
common, one of common people, lower class
plebian
aid, help, assistance
succor
a curse, anything devoted to evil
anathemas
whim, fancy
caprice
to adorn; especially to adorn in a cheap showy manner
bedizen
a stock of drugs
pharmacopeia
to propose; to offer for consideration; to put forward
propound
hidden; concealed
abstruse
delicate; airy; light; heavenly
ethereal
to walk in sleep, to wander in a trance-like state
somnambulate
an officer of the church
sexton
kind; generous
benign
constant, steady
sedulous
destructive
deleterious
a wood nymph, a nymph living in trees
dryad
variations occurring irregularly in the course of something
vicissitude
ill will, malice
malignity
an unfavorable remark, adverse criticism, reproof, blame
animadversion
suffering, pity, sorrow, compassion
pathos
adj. bilious; easily irritated; angry
choleric
