The Scarlet Letter Vocab

Question 1

edifice

Answer 1

a large, usually impressive building

Question 2

utopia

Answer 2

a place or state of social or political perfection. Comes from a novel by sir Thomas Moore

Question 3

allot

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to divide or distribute in shares

Question 4

seasonable

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timely or opportune

Question 5

sepulchers

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a burial vault built of stone or rock

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ponderous

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weighty or clusmy

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inauspicious

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not prosperous

Question 8

congenial

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pleasant or friendly

Question 9

portal

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a doorway of imposing appearance

Question 10

physiognomies

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the facial features held to show qualities of mind or character by their configuration or expression

Question 11

augured

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foretold

Question 12

betokened

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given evidence of

Question 13

tribunal

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a court of forum of justice

Question 14

inference

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the act of passing from one proposition, statement, or judgement considered as true to another whose truth is believed to follow from that of the former

Question 15

indubitably

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unquestionably

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antinomian

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one who rejects a socially established morality

Question 17

heterodox

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holding unorthodox opinions or doctrines

Question 18

scourged

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to subject to severe criticism or satire

Question 19

firewater

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strong alcoholic beverage

Question 20

magistrate

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a local official exercising administrative and often judicial functions

Question 21

gallows

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the punishment of hanging

Question 22

venerable

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made sacred especially by religious or historical association

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meagre

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lacking desirable qualities; meager

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transgressor

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violator

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throng

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a great number of persons crowded together

Question 26

scaffold

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a platform on which a criminal is executed

Question 27

infamy

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evil reputation brought upon by something grossly criminal, shocking, or brutal

Question 28

impropiety

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the quality or state of being improper

Question 29

farthingale

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a support worn in the 16th century beneath a skirt to expand it at the hip line

Question 30

fibre

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basic toughness

Question 31

rotundity

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rounded

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behoof

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advantage, profit

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malefactress

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a person who violates the law or does evil

Question 34

trow

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believe

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autumnal

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a period of maturity or incipient decline

Question 36

baggage

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a worthless or contemptible woman;prostitute

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heathenish

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barbarous

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beadle

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a minor parish official whose duties include ushering and preserving order at services and sometimes civil functions f fg

Question 39

abashed

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to destroy the self confidence of

Question 40

sumptuary

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designed to regulate habits on moral or religious lands

Question 41

gentility

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the members of the upper class

Question 42

evanescent

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tending to vanish like vapor

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ignominy

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disgraceful or dishonorable conduct, quality, or action

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brazen

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marked by contemptuous boldness

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hussy

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a sassy or mischievous girl

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meridian

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midday;noon

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iniquity

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wickedness

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visage

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appearance

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spurn

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stumble

Question 50

pillory

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a means to expose someone to scorn and humility