The Scarlet Letter Tier 2

Question 0

Congenial (adj)

Answer 0

Pleasant or friendly

Question 1

Ponderous (adj)

Answer 1

Weighty or clumsy

Question 2

Inauspicious (adj)

Answer 2

Not prosperous

Question 3

Indubitably (adj)

Answer 3

Unquestionably

Question 4

Pillory (n)

Answer 4

A means to expose one to public scorn and humility

Question 5

Iniquity (n)

Answer 5

Wickedness

Question 6

Expound (v)

Answer 6

To explain in careful and elaborate detail

Question 7

Sagacity (adj)

Answer 7

Of keen mind, shrewd

Question 8

Lurid (adj)

Answer 8

Gruesome; sensational

Question 9

Amenable (adj)

Answer 9

Willing to yield or submit, agreeable

Question 10

Sojourn (n)

Answer 10

Visit or stay

Question 11

Plebeian (adj)

Answer 11

Low-class, crude, vulgar

Question 12

Exhortation (n)

Answer 12

A persuasive verbal attempt to urge people to action

Question 13

Ignominious (adj)

Answer 13

Disgraceful or dishonorable

Question 14

Incredulity (n)

Answer 14

Skepticism, doubt

Question 15

Caprice (n)

Answer 15

An impulsive change of mind; fickleness

Question 16

Dearth (n)

Answer 16

Lack, scarcity, insufficiency

Question 17

Intrinsic (adj)

Answer 17

Inherent, internal

Question 18

Dauntless (adj)

Answer 18

Fearless, unintimidated

Question 19

Venerable (adj)

Answer 19

Respected because of age

Question 20

Requital (n)

Answer 20

Repayment, compensation

Question 21

Scrupulous (adj)

Answer 21

Careful and precise

Question 22

Parochial (adj)

Answer 22

Of limited scope or outlook

Question 23

Orthodox (adj)

Answer 23

Accepted, conservative, traditional

Question 24

Affinity (n)

Answer 24

Similarity, resemblance

Question 25

Manifest (adj)

Answer 25

Evidently obvious

Question 26

Solace (n)

Answer 26

Comfort in distress, consolation

Question 27

Propagate (v)

Answer 27

To breed, spread, proliferate

Question 28

Ethereal (adj)

Answer 28

Not earthly, spiritual, intangible

Question 29

Inextricable (adj)

Answer 29

Difficult to disentangle, difficult to solve

Question 30

Conjecture (v)

Answer 30

To infer, predict, guess

Question 31

Tumult (n)

Answer 31

State of confusion, agitation

Question 32

Erudite (adj)

Answer 32

Learned, scholarly

Question 33

Efficacy (n)

Answer 33

Effectiveness, efficiency

Question 34

Despotic (adj)

Answer 34

Autocratic, tyrannical

Question 35

Stigmatize (v)

Answer 35

To set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon

Question 36

Acquiesce (v)

Answer 36

To assent tacitly, submit or comply silently or without protest

Question 37

Entreaty (n)

Answer 37

Earnest request or petition, supplication

Question 38

Usurp (v)

Answer 38

To seize and hold (a position, office, power) by force or without legal right

Question 39

Impalpable (adj)

Answer 39

Incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch, intangible

Question 40

Petulant (adj)

Answer 40

Moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance

Question 41

Beneficence (n)

Answer 41

The doing of good, active goodness or kindness, charity

Question 42

Enigma (n)

Answer 42

A puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation, a person of puzzling or contradictory character