Scarlet Letter Vocab - Ch. 7-9

Question 1

cabalistic

Answer 1

adj.; mystic, occult

Question 2

chirurgical

Answer 2

adj.; surgical

Question 3

contagion

Answer 3

noun; the ready transmission or spread, as of an attitude, idea, or emotion from person to person; harmful or undesirable contact or influence

Question 4

deportment

Answer 4

noun; demeanor; conduct; behavior

Question 5

despondent

Answer 5

adj.; dispirited; feeling or showing profound hopelessness; discouraged

Question 6

emaciated

Answer 6

adj.; gradually wasted away; abnormally thin, marked by lack of nutrition or disease

Question 7

erudition

Answer 7

noun; knowledge acquired by study or research; learning; scholarship

Question 8

imperious

Answer 8

adj.; dictatorial; urgent; commanding

Question 9

leech

Answer 9

noun; a person who clings to another for personal gain; parasite; also a name for a doctor in the 1600s; verb; to cling and feed upon so as to drain

Question 10

pestilence

Answer 10

noun; a deadly epidemic disease; something harmful or evil