Scarlet Letter Vocab Flashcards
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Edifice
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A large, usually impressive building
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Throng
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A great number of persons crowded together
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Utopia
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A place or state of political or social perfection
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Expound
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To explain in careful and elaborate detail
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Ignominious
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Shameful
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Contumaciously
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Stubbornly disobedient, rebellious
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Enmity
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Established hatred
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Imperious
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Commanding, dominant
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Benevolence
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Desiring to do good to others
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Pious
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Of or pertaining to religious devotion
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Mirth
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Gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter
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Odious
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Exciting or deserving hatred or repugnance
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Gibe
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To tease with taunting words
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Petulant
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Insolent or rude in speech or behavior
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Loquacity
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Exceedingly talkative
