The Scarlet Letter Week 3 Flashcards

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Erudite

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Adj

Scholarly; showing great knowledge or learning

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Entreaty

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N

A plea, an earnest request

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Esoteric

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Adj

Understood only by a small group or select few

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Estrange

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V

To alienate; to separate

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Ethereal

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Adj

Heavenly; unusually delicate; light; lacking material substance

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Eulogy

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N

Praise or tribute

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Expiate

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V

To atone or to make amends for a sin or a crime

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Extant

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Adj

Still in existence

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Fervent

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Adj

Showing great emotion; impassioned; ardent

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Florid

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Adj

Flowery; flushed with color

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Forbearance

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Patience; lenience

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Foreboding

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N

Premonition of evil; an ominous omen

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Furrow

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V

To make wrinkles or grooves

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Gaunt

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Adj

Very thin; emaciated

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Gentility

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Adj
State of refinement; member of the upper class or gentry
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