Scarlet Letter Vocab - Ch. 4-6

Question 1

anathemas

Answer 1

noun; curses; denunciations; bad wishes

Question 2

draught

Answer 2

noun; a drink; a dose; that which is taken in by drinking or inhaling

Question 3

efficacy

Answer 3

noun; effectiveness; capacity for producing effects

Question 4

expostulation

Answer 4

noun; complaint; earnest protest

Question 5

gesticulation

Answer 5

noun; an animated or exercised gesture; gestures made in an excited manner especially with or instead of speech

Question 6

paramour

Answer 6

noun; illicit lover; a beloved person

Question 7

phantasmagoric

Answer 7

adj.; displaying an optical illusion; imagining changing scenes

Question 8

Quaff

Answer 8

verb; to drink heartily

Question 9

sable

Answer 9

adj. or noun; dark and somber; mourning garments

Question 10

uncongenial

Answer 10

adj.; disagreeable; not compatible; not pleasing; not well-suited