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Vocab Flashcards

Scarlet Letter

1
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Edifice

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A large, imposing building or structure

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Utopia

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An imagined place or state where everything is perfect

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Congenial

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Pleasant, friendly, and suited to one’s needs or tastes.

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Severity

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The quality of being harsh, strict, or intense in degree or seriousness.

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Impropriety

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Behavior or actions that are not socially acceptable or proper.

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Dismal

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Gloomy, depressing, or showing a lack of hope or cheer.

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7
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Ignominy

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Public shame or disgrace.

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8
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Brazen

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Bold and shameless

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9
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Hussy

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An outdated and derogatory term for a woman

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Demeanor

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The outward behavior, manner, or attitude of a person.

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11
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Ordeal

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A difficult or painful experience

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Mien

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A person’s appearance or expression

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13
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Alienation

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The feeling of being isolated

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14
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Ascetic

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A person who practices severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms

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15
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Benevolence

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Generosity or kindness

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16
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Perversity

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Evil or Contrariness

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17
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Emaciated

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Starved looking

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18
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Vehemence

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Force

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19
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Infamy

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Famous shame

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Pilloried

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Publicly shamed

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Exemplary

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Ideal or perfect

22
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Vigil

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Staying awake for religious purposes

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Decorous

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Polite

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Malice

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Evil intent

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Abstruse

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Known only to a few

26
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Efficacious

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Effected

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Insidious

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Sneaky and evil

28
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Introspection

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Self examination

29
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Impalpable

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Not physical

30
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Culprit

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Guilty person

31
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Inextricable

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Cannot be separated

32
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Expiation

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Making amends for sin

33
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Pristine

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Pure

34
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Morbid

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Sickly

35
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Calamity

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A disaster

36
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Emancipated

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Free

37
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Extort

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Get something by force

38
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Malignant

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Evil in nature

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Upbraid

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To find fault with

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Sentiment

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Emotion

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Precocity

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Advanced in a subject

42
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Acuteness

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Sharpness

43
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Scintillating

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Sparkling

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Vivacity

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Being very vibrant

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Redemption

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Saved from sin

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Consolation

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Comfort received

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Sanctity

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Being holy

48
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Consecrate

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To make

49
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Stigma

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A mark of disgrace

50
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Irrevocable

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Not able to be changed

51
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Bliss

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Happiness

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Melancholy

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Pensive sadness

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