The Scarlet Letter Week 5 Flashcards
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Q
Insidious
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Adj
Treacherous or dangerous in the secret sort of way
1
Q
Inscrutable
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Adj
Difficult to understand; mysterious
2
Q
Inveterate
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Adj
Firmly established, habitual, deep-rooted
3
Q
Inviolable
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Adj
Secure from violation or being profaned
4
Q
Jocular
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Adj
Jesting or joking
5
Q
Lament
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V
To mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner
6
Q
Languid
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Adj
Slow, sluggish, listless, weak
7
Q
Laud
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V
To praise, to extol
8
Q
Loquacious
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Adj
Very talkative
9
Q
Lurid
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Adj
Sensational, gruesome and causing shock or horror
10
Q
Magnate
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N
A person of power and influence
11
Q
Malevolence
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N
Ill will or evil intentions
12
Q
Malicious
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Adj
Motivated by hate or deliberate intent to harm
13
Q
Mirth
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N
Gladness and merriment usually accompanied by laughter
14
Q
Misanthrope
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N
A hater of mankind
