The Scarlet Letter 3 Flashcards by Lilgina 12814

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to add in a supplementary manner

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append

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favorable

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auspicious

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a serious event causing distress or misfortune

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calamity

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harmful; dangerous; injurious

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deleterious

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scoffing at, mockery, ridicule

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derision

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depression, dejection

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despondency

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understood but not directly expressed

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implicit

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stormy, severe

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inclement

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tireless, incapable of being fatigued

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indefatigable

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inconvenient, poorly timed

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inopportune

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jesting or joking

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jocular

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very talkative

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loquacious

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sensational, gruesome and causing shock or horror

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lurid

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a hater of mankind

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misanthrope

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to soothe or to appease, to assuage

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mollify

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to ease pain, guilt or intensity

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palliate

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future generations, all descendants of a person

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posterity

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exceptionally early in development or occurrence

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precocious

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filed to capacity, abundantly supplied

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replete

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wise, shrewd, very discerning

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sagacious