Test III: Chapters 16-24 Flashcards
appeased; assuaged
mollified
somber thoughtfulness
pensiveness
accustomed to; accepting of
inured
highest point
meridian
boldness; daring
audacity
formal conversation; conference
colloquy
languor
indolence; lethargy
descendants; future generations
posterity
made heavenly or celestial
etherealized
an unexpected, surprising change
vicissitude
primitive; of the earliest age
primeval
proceeding away from a center
centrifugal
random; inconsistent
erratic
a feeling of repentance over sin
penitence
hopelessness; gloominess
despondency
freedom of choice
latitude
presence; immediate proximity
contiguity
an outpouring; outflowing
effluence
exhilaration; liveliness
effervescence
indisputable; doubtless
irrefragable
The promise Hector makes to Dimmesdale
“Thou shalt not go alone”
Chillingworth’s final words to Dimmesdale
“Thou hast escaped me.”
What the little brook babbles about
mankind’s hidden guilt
The subject of Dimmesdale’s Election Day sermon
God’s relation to human community
Where Roger Chillingworthh plans to join Hester and Dimmesdale
on board the Bristol ship
Where Hester and Dimmesdale ultimately plan to go in order to escape
England
Where the minister meets Mistress Hibbins
in town
Where Hester converses with the minister
a forest
Where the Black Man writes one’s name in blood
the pages of an iron-bound book
Pearl’s reaction to Dimmesdale joining her on the pillory scaffold
welcoming; warmly embracing
Hester’s disposition, compared to that of Dimmesdale
happy; relieved
the attitude of the little brook
sad; sighing
Pearl’s attitude towards the Native American at the procession
bold; wildly fearless
Pearl’s attitude about Hester wearing the scarlett letter
resolute; angrily insistent
Dimmesdale’s impression of the town after returning from the forest
changed; unreal
