Scarlet Letter Vocab Chapters 11-24

Question 1

abased

Answer 1

lowered in rank; humbled; humiliated

Question 2

acquiescing

Answer 2

agreeing

Question 3

admonished

Answer 3

cautioned against; warned

Question 4

austerity

Answer 4

sternness of severity of manner of attitude

Question 5

capricious

Answer 5

impulsive and unpredictable

Question 6

conjecture

Answer 6

a guess, often one based on inadequate or faulty evidence

Question 7

deleterious

Answer 7

harmful, injurious

Question 8

efficacy

Answer 8

effectiveness

Question 9

gibe

Answer 9

(v. ) to utter taunting words

(n. ) an expression of scorn

Question 10

groveled

Answer 10

lay or crawled about before someone in mercy

Question 11

impeded

Answer 11

blocked, obstructed

Question 12

implore

Answer 12

beg someone earnestly of desperately to do something

Question 13

irreverence

Answer 13

disrespect

Question 14

lurid

Answer 14

(adj.) causing shock, horror, or revulsion, sensational

Question 15

malevolence

Answer 15

ill will or evil intentions

Question 16

obviated

Answer 16

anticipated and disposed of effectively

Question 17

odious

Answer 17

deserving hate of contempt

Question 18

petulant

Answer 18

rude in speech or behavior; childishly sulky

Question 19

usurping

Answer 19

taking over by force, wrongful

Question 20

visage

Answer 20

face; facial expression

Question 21

ascent

Answer 21

a movement upward

Question 22

cadence

Answer 22

inflection of the voice; rhythmic rise and fall

Question 23

colloquy

Answer 23

formal conversation

Question 24

duplicity

Answer 24

treachery, deceitfulness

Question 25

estranged

Answer 25

separated; alienated

Question 26

exemplary

Answer 26

worthy of imitation, commendable, serving as a model

Question 27

grimace

Answer 27

a facial expression of fear, disapproval, or pain

Question 28

imperious

Answer 28

overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing, compelling

Question 29

inscrutable

Answer 29

incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically

Question 30

irrevocably

Answer 30

unalterable; impossible to take back

Question 31

lamentation

Answer 31

expression of regret or sorrow

Question 32

minuteness

Answer 32

precision, attention to detail; the state of being tiny

Question 33

misanthropy

Answer 33

a hatred or distrust of making

Question 34

obeisance

Answer 34

gesture of respect

Question 35

pithy

Answer 35

brief and full of meaning and substance; concise

Question 36

reverberated

Answer 36

to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly

Question 37

sustain

Answer 37

to support, nourish, keep up; to suffer, undergo; to bear up under, withstand; to affirm the validity of

Question 38

uncouth

Answer 38

lacking good manners, refinement or grace

Question 39

vivacity

Answer 39

liveliness

Question 40

zeal

Answer 40

great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective

Question 41

apparition

Answer 41

(n.) a supernatural appearance of a person or thing, especially a ghost

Question 42

audacity

Answer 42

(n.) shameless, boldness

Question 43

contiguous

Answer 43

(adj.) in close proximity

Question 44

edifice

Answer 44

(n.) a building. especially one of large size or imposing appearance

Question 45

gait

Answer 45

(n.) a manner of walking

Question 46

gaping

Answer 46

(v., adj.) staring with open mouth; wide open

Question 47

imperceptible

Answer 47

(adj.) slight, gradual, or subtle

Question 48

impracticable

Answer 48

(adj.) not practical; unable to be put into practice

Question 49

infirmity

Answer 49

(n.) physical weakness of ailment

Question 50

languor

Answer 50

(n.) lack or energy; sluggishness

Question 51

necromancy

Answer 51

(n.) black art of magic practiced by a witch

Question 52

pathos

Answer 52

(n.) the quality of evoking a feeling of pity of compassion

Question 53

quaff

Answer 53

(v.) to drink a beverage, especially an intoxicating one, with heat enjoyment

Question 54

repose

Answer 54

(n.) sleep, peace, tranquility

Question 55

surmounted

Answer 55

(v.) to prevail over