Scarlet Letter Vocab - Ch. 10-12

Question 1

demerits

Answer 1

noun; punishments for wrongdoing

Question 2

ethereal

Answer 2

adj.; light or airy; tenuous; extremely delicate or refined

Question 3

expiation

Answer 3

noun; the means by which atonement or reparation is made

Question 4

inextricable

Answer 4

adj.; incapable of being disentangled, undone, loosed, or solved; hopelessly intricate, involved, or perplexing

Question 5

inimical

Answer 5

adj; harmful; hostile; unfriendly

Question 6

ominous

Answer 6

foreboding; threatening; portending to evil or harm

Question 7

portent

Answer 7

noun; ominous significance; an indication or omen of something momentous about to happen

Question 8

scurrilous

Answer 8

adj.; insulting; offensive; vulgar; grossly or obscenely abusive

Question 9

somnambulism

Answer 9

noun; sleepwalking; performing acts while asleep

Question 10

zenith

Answer 10

noun; the highest point or state; culmination; the point in the sky directly above the observer