The Scarlet Letter Vocab (2nd Quiz)

Question 0

solemnity

Answer 0

Somberness

Question 1

magistrate

Answer 1

A civil officer with power to administer and enforce law

Question 2

malefactress

Answer 2

(Feminine of malefactor) evil doer, one who commits crime

Question 3

impropriety

Answer 3

The quality or condition of being improper

Question 4

evanescent

Answer 4

Vanishing like a vapor

Question 5

beadle

Answer 5

A minor parish official

Question 6

papist

Answer 6

A disapproving term for a Roman Catholic

Question 7

pillory

Answer 7

A wooden framework on a post, with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were formerly locked to be exposed to public scorn as punishment

Question 8

alchemy

Answer 8

A medieval chemical philosophy having as its asserted aims the transmutation of base metals into gold, the discovery of panacea, and the preparation of the elixir of longevity

Question 9

expostulation

Answer 9

to reason earnestly with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct

Question 10

preternatural

Answer 10

Exceeding the ordinary, unusual, extraordinary

Question 11

flank

Answer 11

To put something on each side of

Question 12

tankard

Answer 12

A large drinking cup having a single handle and often a hinged cover, especially a talk pewter or silver mug

Question 13

panoply

Answer 13

a splendid or striking array

Question 14

exigencies

Answer 14

A pressing or urgent situation

Question 15

eldritch

Answer 15

Strange or unearthly, eerie

Question 16

benevolence

Answer 16

An inclination to perform kind, charitable acts

Question 17

catechism

Answer 17

A book giving a brief summary of the basic principles of Christianity in question-and-answer form

Question 18

indefeasible

Answer 18

That cannot be annulled or void

Question 19

sundering

Answer 19

Breaking into parts

Question 20

appellation

Answer 20

A name, title, or designation

Question 21

apothecary

Answer 21

One that prepares and sells drugs and other medicines; a pharmacist

Question 22

parochial

Answer 22

Of, relying to, supported by, or located in a parish

Question 23

despondent

Answer 23

Feeling dejected

Question 24

erudition

Answer 24

Deep, extensive learning

Question 25

commodiousness

Answer 25

spacious, roomy

Question 26

emaciated

Answer 26

to be extremely thin, as in starvation

Question 27

efficacious

Answer 27

Producing or capable of producing a desired effect

Question 28

scourge

Answer 28

Whip used to inflict punishment

Question 29

imagery

Answer 29

The use of vivid, evocative language to represent objects, actions or ideas

Question 30

diction

Answer 30

Choice and use of words in speech or writing

Question 31

syntax

Answer 31

The study of the rules hereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences

Question 32

tone

Answer 32

Manner of expression in speech or writing

Question 33

voice

Answer 33

The distinctive style or manner of expression of an author or of a character in a book

Question 34

inversion

Answer 34

An interchange of position of adjacent objects in a sentence, especially a change in normal word order, such as the placement of a verb before it’s subject

Question 35

anathema

Answer 35

Vehement denunciation; a curse

Question 36

figurative

Answer 36

Not literal; using figures of speech; “figurative language”