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Memoria Press The Scarlett Letter > Test I: Introduction - Chapter 5 > Flashcards

Test I: Introduction - Chapter 5 Flashcards

1
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determination; firmness

A

tenacity

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disliking activity

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indolent

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sluggishness; inactivity

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torpor

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a perfect society

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utopia

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sympathetic; agreeable

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congenial

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unpromising; foreboding

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inauspicious

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vanishing like vapor

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evanescent

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disgrace; humiliation

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ignominy

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one’s bearing; demeanor

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mien

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imaginary; constantly changing

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phantasmagoric

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attached; added

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appended

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distinguished; prominent

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eminent

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13
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meaning; significance

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purport

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compliant

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amenable

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15
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liquid to be drunk

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draught

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secret lover

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melodramatic; sensational

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incomprehensible; mysterious

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inscrutable

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help; relief

20
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salary, pay

21
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year The Scarlett Letter was published

22
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Hawthorne’s two friends

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Herman Melville; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

23
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What region is The Scarlett Letter set in?

A

New England

24
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What is Hawthorne’s word for his style of writing?

25
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What metaphor does he use to evoke this style?

26
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Adorns the Custom-House entrance

27
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describes the stranger in the market-place crowd

A

hunched, with one shoulder higher than the other

28
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the “black flower of civilized society”

29
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Where the Black Man can be found

30
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describes the garments Hester sews, including the scarlet letter

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exquisite, fanciful, and charming

31
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associated with the expression of the stranger in the market-place crowd

32
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describes the author’s progenitors

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morally strict and perciless

33
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describes the prison door

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rusty and weathered

34
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describes Hester’s demeanor while on the pillory scaffold

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haughty and upright

35
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adorns the entrance of the prison

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a rosebush

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