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Scarlet Letter vocab 158-168 Flashcards

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Ingenuity

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Noun: Cleverness

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Puritanic

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Adjective: In the style of the puritans

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Progenitor

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Noun: Direct ancestor

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Magistrate

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Noun: An official who can administrate laws

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Manifest

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Verb: To make evident

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Somber

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Adjective: Melancholy

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Ruff

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Noun: Tight, frilly collar

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Sumptuary

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Adjective: relating to laws that control personal behaviors

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Plebeian

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Adjective: low-class

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Emolument

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Noun: Payment for a service

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Morbid

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Adjective: Abnormally terrible

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Intangible

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Adjective: Not perceptible to the touch

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Bestow

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Verb: To give as a gift

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Requite

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Verb: To return or repay

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Pomp

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Noun: Display of magnificence

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Vigor

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Noun: Physical or mental energy

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Subsistence

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Noun: The necessities of life

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Ascetic

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Adjective: Self-denying

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Superfluous

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Adjective: Extra

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Penance

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Noun: Voluntary suffering

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Derive

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Verb: receive from a source

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Meddle

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Verb: Interfere

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Betoken

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Verb: To signal

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Steadfast

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Adjective: Unwavering

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Penitence

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Noun: Sorrow expressed for sins

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Intercourse

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Noun: communication

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Banish

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Verb: To expel from a group

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Repugnance

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Noun: Strong dislike

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Retain

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Verb: to hold

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Revile

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Verb: To criticize

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Succor

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Verb: To give or offer relief

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Distill

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Verb: To evaporate

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Alchemy

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Noun: Medieval chemical philosophy aimed at changing metal into gold

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Malice

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Noun: animosity, spite

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Trifle

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Noun: Small amount

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Martyr

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Noun: person who suffers

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Aspiration

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Noun: great hope

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Innumerable

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Adjective: Too many to be counted

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Contrive

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Verb: To form in an artistic matter

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Exhortation

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Noun: persuasive verbal attempt to urge people to take action

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Discourse

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Noun: formal, orderly, extended expression of thought

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Imbibe

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Verb: to absorb into one’s mind

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Purport

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Noun: intention

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Diffusion

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Noun: the act of spreading

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Callous

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Adjective: insensitive

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Ignominious

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Adjective: Disgraceful

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Endow

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Verb: to provide with something naturally

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Insidious

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Adjective: treacherous

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Intimation

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Noun: suggestion

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Obscure

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Adjective: not well known

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Loathsome

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Adjective: Abhorrent

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Irreverent

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Adjective: disrespectful

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Inopportuneness

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Noun: inappropriateness

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Infamy

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Noun: reputation for bad deeds

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Venerable

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Adjective: respected because of age

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Piety

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Noun: devoutness

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Reverence

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Noun: Deep respect

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Contumaciously

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Adverb: Disobediently

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Sanctified

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Adjective: pious

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Avert

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Verb: To turn away

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Sully

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Verb: stain

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Talisman

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Noun: Magical object

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Revere

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Verb: to worship

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Avail

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Verb: to make use of

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