Scarlet Letter Vocab. Flashcards

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Congenial

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Suited to one’s needs; agreeable.

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Utopia

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Any visionary system of political or social perfection.

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Inauspicious

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Unfavorable, ill-omened

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Evanescent

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Vanishing, fading away

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Iniquity

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A violation of right of duty.

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Heterogeneous

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Different in kind

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Sojourn

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A temporary stay.

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Obstinacy

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Stubborn persistence

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Amenable

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Legally responsible

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Peremptory

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Leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal.

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Assimilate

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To take in and absorb

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Plebeian

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A member of the common people

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Caprice

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A sudden, unpredictable change.

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Dearth

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An inadequate supply

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Enmity

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A feeling of hostility, hatred

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Eminence

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High station or rank

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Pristine

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Having its original purity

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Intrinsic

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Belonging the the essential nature of a thing.

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Relinquish

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To give up

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Vehemence

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Strongly emotional, intense, passionate

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Erudition

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Knowledge acquired by study.

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Guise

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Assumed appearance

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Sanctity

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Holiness, saintliness

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Emissary

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A representative on an errand

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Piety
Reverence for god or devout fulfillment of religious obligations.
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Malice
Evil intent
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Latent
Present but not visible
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Odious
Hateful, detestable
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Expiation
Making amends
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Scurrilous
Grossly of obscenely abusive
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Give
To taunt
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Imbibed
To absorb or soak up
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Ethereal
Heavenly or celestial
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Propibquiry
Close; near
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Usurp
To seize of hold.
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Verdure
Greenness, flourishing vegetation
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Petulant
Showing sudden impatient irritation
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Enigma
A person of puzzling or contradictory character.
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Scintillating
Animated, witty, brilliantly clever
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Laquacity
Talkativeness
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Misanthropy
Hatred, dislike, or distrust of human kind.
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Consecration
Dedication to the service and worship of a deity.
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Satiating
To satisfy to the full.
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Colloquy
A dialogue
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Choleric
Extremely irritable or easily angered
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Prattle
To talk in a foolish or simple-minded way.
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Inured
To accustom to hardship.
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Mollified
To soften in feeling; pacify
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Vicissitude
A change or variation occurring in the course of something.
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Gratuitous
Given or done without charge.
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Probity
Integrity; honesty
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Necromancy
Black art; witchcraft
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Pathos
Evoking a feeling of pity or compassion.
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Indefatigable
Not yielding to fatigue.
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Surmise
To infer without evidence.
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Apotheosis
The ideal example
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Intimations
A hint; suggestion
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Portent
An indication or omen
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Penitence
Regret for one's sinning
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Escutcheon
A protective plate around a key whole.