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Scarlet letter vocab 5-8
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11th Grade
11/21/2010
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Vivify
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to endure with life or renew life; animate
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Assimilate
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to abosrb into a cultural tradtion of a population or group
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tinge
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an affectibe or modifying property or influence; touch
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uncongenial
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unfriendly
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fain
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rather
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progenitors
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an ancestor in the direct
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emolument
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advantage
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commiseration
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to fall or express sympathy; condole
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contumaciously
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stubbornly disobedient; rebellious
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talisman
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something producing apparently magical or miraculous effects
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efficacy
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all effectibe as means of remedy
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inspird as with feelings; opinions
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imbued
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mutability
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subject to change
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epoch
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a point in time marked by the beginning of anew development or state of things
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regimen
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to organize
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caprice
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a sudden implusive change
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characteristic of infancy or infants
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ifantile
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smote
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having striked something
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dearth
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scarcity, lack, famine
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gesticulation
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expression through gestures
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labyrinth
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any intricate or perplexing set of difficulties maze
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amenable
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agreeable
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nurture
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care for or raise
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established hatred
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enmity
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paternity
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father
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wan
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pale or sickly
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pallid
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deficient in color dull
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dauntless
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fearless, undaunted
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extant
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not destroyed or lost
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cabalistic
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esoteric doctrine or mysterious art
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embowed
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arched
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gilded
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to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold
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exigences
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a state of affairs that majes urgent demands
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breadth
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something of full width
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vista
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a distant view through or an avenue or pathway
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relinquish
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leave behind
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subsistence
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real being
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annals
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historical records or chronicles
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expatiating
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enlarging in discourse or writing
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antiquate
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obsolete
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not pretending
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unfeignedly
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behest
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an earnest request
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benevolence
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desiring to do good to others
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warily
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cautiously
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pious
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of or pertaining to religious devotion
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imbibes
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to take or receive into the mind
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amiss
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improper
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indefeasable
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not to be annulled or made void
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indefeasable
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not to be annulled or made void
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emaciated
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to make ver thin, as of lack of nutrition
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boon
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a favor sought
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adduced
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to bring forward as in argument or evidence
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vehemence
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foreceful or violent
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unobtrustive
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not conspicous
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