Scarlet Letter Vocab.

Question 0

Congenial

Answer 0

Suited to one’s needs; agreeable.

Question 1

Utopia

Answer 1

Any visionary system of political or social perfection.

Question 2

Inauspicious

Answer 2

Unfavorable, ill-omened

Question 3

Evanescent

Answer 3

Vanishing, fading away

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Iniquity

Answer 4

A violation of right of duty.

Question 5

Heterogeneous

Answer 5

Different in kind

Question 6

Sojourn

Answer 6

A temporary stay.

Question 7

Obstinacy

Answer 7

Stubborn persistence

Question 8

Amenable

Answer 8

Legally responsible

Question 9

Peremptory

Answer 9

Leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal.

Question 10

Assimilate

Answer 10

To take in and absorb

Question 11

Plebeian

Answer 11

A member of the common people

Question 12

Caprice

Answer 12

A sudden, unpredictable change.

Question 13

Dearth

Answer 13

An inadequate supply

Question 14

Enmity

Answer 14

A feeling of hostility, hatred

Question 15

Eminence

Answer 15

High station or rank

Question 16

Pristine

Answer 16

Having its original purity

Question 17

Intrinsic

Answer 17

Belonging the the essential nature of a thing.

Question 18

Relinquish

Answer 18

To give up

Question 19

Vehemence

Answer 19

Strongly emotional, intense, passionate

Question 20

Erudition

Answer 20

Knowledge acquired by study.

Question 21

Guise

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Assumed appearance

Question 22

Sanctity

Answer 22

Holiness, saintliness

Question 23

Emissary

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A representative on an errand

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Piety

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Reverence for god or devout fulfillment of religious obligations.

Question 25

Malice

Answer 25

Evil intent

Question 26

Latent

Answer 26

Present but not visible

Question 27

Odious

Answer 27

Hateful, detestable

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Expiation

Answer 28

Making amends

Question 29

Scurrilous

Answer 29

Grossly of obscenely abusive

Question 30

Give

Answer 30

To taunt

Question 31

Imbibed

Answer 31

To absorb or soak up

Question 32

Ethereal

Answer 32

Heavenly or celestial

Question 33

Propibquiry

Answer 33

Close; near

Question 34

Usurp

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To seize of hold.

Question 35

Verdure

Answer 35

Greenness, flourishing vegetation

Question 36

Petulant

Answer 36

Showing sudden impatient irritation

Question 37

Enigma

Answer 37

A person of puzzling or contradictory character.

Question 38

Scintillating

Answer 38

Animated, witty, brilliantly clever

Question 39

Laquacity

Answer 39

Talkativeness

Question 40

Misanthropy

Answer 40

Hatred, dislike, or distrust of human kind.

Question 41

Consecration

Answer 41

Dedication to the service and worship of a deity.

Question 42

Satiating

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To satisfy to the full.

Question 43

Colloquy

Answer 43

A dialogue

Question 44

Choleric

Answer 44

Extremely irritable or easily angered

Question 45

Prattle

Answer 45

To talk in a foolish or simple-minded way.

Question 46

Inured

Answer 46

To accustom to hardship.

Question 47

Mollified

Answer 47

To soften in feeling; pacify

Question 48

Vicissitude

Answer 48

A change or variation occurring in the course of something.

Question 49

Gratuitous

Answer 49

Given or done without charge.

Question 50

Probity

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Integrity; honesty

Question 51

Necromancy

Answer 51

Black art; witchcraft

Question 52

Pathos

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Evoking a feeling of pity or compassion.

Question 53

Indefatigable

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Not yielding to fatigue.

Question 54

Surmise

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To infer without evidence.

Question 55

Apotheosis

Answer 55

The ideal example

Question 56

Intimations

Answer 56

A hint; suggestion

Question 57

Portent

Answer 57

An indication or omen

Question 58

Penitence

Answer 58

Regret for one’s sinning

Question 59

Escutcheon

Answer 59

A protective plate around a key whole.