Scarlet Letter Vocab - Ch. 7-9 Flashcards

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cabalistic

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adj.; mystic, occult

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chirurgical

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adj.; surgical

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contagion

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

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deportment

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noun; demeanor; conduct; behavior

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despondent

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

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emaciated

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

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erudition

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

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imperious

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adj.; dictatorial; urgent; commanding

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leech

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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

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pestilence

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noun; a deadly epidemic disease; something harmful or evil

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