Scarlet letter vocab

Question 1

Abate

Answer 1

If something bad abates it becomes less strong

Question 2

Amenable

Answer 2

willing to do something

Question 3

Colloquial

Answer 3

words part of Informal phrases in conversation

Question 4

Edifice

Answer 4

big building

Question 5

Effervescent

Answer 5

An effervescent liquid contains or releases bubbles or gas

Question 6

Enigmatic

Answer 6

Someone or something mysterious or hard to understand

Question 7

erudite

Answer 7

style of writting/showing great knowledge

Question 8

exigencies

Answer 8

Demands/difficulties that are part of a situation

Question 9

Expiate

Answer 9

Do something to show you are sorry for what you have done

Question 10

Extant

Answer 10

Still in existence even though it’s old

Question 11

Ignominy

Answer 11

shame or public disgrace

Question 12

loquacious

Answer 12

someone who talks a lot

Question 13

Misanthrope

Answer 13

someone who doesn’t like other people

Question 14

Mutability

Answer 14

something’s ability to be altered or its tendency to change

Question 15

Necromancy

Answer 15

A magic that people believe brings someone back from the dead

Question 16

Odious

Answer 16

Hatefull or disgusting

Question 17

Palliate

Answer 17

An indirect solution to pain or suffering

Question 18

Pithy

Answer 18

short direct and full of meaning

Question 19

Propinquity

Answer 19

Nearness to a location or close relationship to someone or something

Question 20

Tempestuous

Answer 20

involving very strong and intense emotions

Question 21

Sagacious

Answer 21

Inntelligent/ having the ability to make good decisions

Question 22

Scurrilous

Answer 22

accusations that are unfair and untrue that will likely damage repputation

Question 23

Sedulous

Answer 23

Perseverence and hard work

Question 24

Venerate

Answer 24

feel great respect

Question 25

Vicissitude

Answer 25

A change, usually an unpleasant one