The Scarlet Letter Vocab

Question 0

Ignominy

Answer 0

Disgrace, dishonor, public contempt

Pg47

Question 1

Abash

Answer 1

To make ashamed or embarrassed

Pg46

Question 2

Iniquity

Answer 2

Wicked acts, sin

Pg48

Question 3

Flagrant

Answer 3

Scandalous

Pg49

Question 4

Lieu

Answer 4

Place

Pg52

Question 5

Expound

Answer 5

To state in detail; to explain

Question 6

Moment

Answer 6

Importance or consequence

Pg59

Question 7

Perpetrate

Answer 7

To do in a poor or tasteless manner

Pg62

Question 8

Singular

Answer 8

Extraordinary, strange, unusual

Pg62

Question 9

Amenable

Answer 9

Willing to answer, act, agree, or yield

Pg63

Question 10

Efficacy

Answer 10

Capacity for producing a desired result or effect

Pg64

Question 11

Retribution

Answer 11

Required according to merits or deserts, especially for evil
(Pg67)

Question 12

Infamy

Answer 12

Extremely bad reputation, public reproach, or strong condemnation as the result of a shameful, criminal, or outrageous act
(Pg69)

Question 13

Commiserate

Answer 13

To feel sympathy for, empathize with

Pg73

Question 14

Revile

Answer 14

To speak abusively about

Pg75

Question 15

Succor

Answer 15

To help or relieve

Pg75

Question 16

Insidious

Answer 16

Stealthily treacherous or deceitful

Pg77

Question 17

Caprice

Answer 17

A sudden, unpredictable change

Pg81

Question 18

Anathema

Answer 18

A curse, execration

Pg83

Question 19

Dearth

Answer 19

An inadequate supply; scarcity; lack

Question 20

Ludicrous

Answer 20

Causing laughter because of absurdity; ridiculous; laughable
(Pg89)

Question 21

Caper

Answer 21

To leap or skip about in a sprightly manner; prance; frisk; gambol
(Pg92)

Question 22

Perversity

Answer 22

The state of being contrary

Question 23

Emaciate

Answer 23

To make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh

Question 24

Vindicate

Answer 24

To assert, maintain, or defend (pg105)

Question 25

Manifest

Answer 25

To prove; put beyond doubt or question

Pg106

Question 26

Query

Answer 26

A question or inquiry

Pg108

Question 27

Odious

Answer 27

Deserving or causing hatred; detestable; highly offensive

pg126

Question 28

Scourge

Answer 28

A whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture
(Pg130)

Question 29

Expiation

Answer 29

The means by which atonement or reparation is made

Question 30

Conjecture

Answer 30

Te formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof