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scarlet letter vocabulary
central academy 10th grade
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General Vocab
11th Grade
01/12/2009
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vivid, sensational
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lurid
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atonement; making amends
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expiation
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fatal epidemic or disease
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pestilence
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tyrant
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despot
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tendency toward
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propensity
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relieve
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palliate
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taunt or jeer
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gibe
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serious, quietly reflective
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pensive
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burial place
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sepulcher
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with great passion
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vehemently
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drink in
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imbibe
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to irritate
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rankle
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inborn
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innate
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trembling
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tremulous
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immature
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callow
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reddish brown
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russet
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whim
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caprice
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weird
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eldrich
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multiply or breed
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propagate
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charlatan
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mountebank
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extremely thin
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emaciate
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talkative
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loquacity
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forefather
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progenitor
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large building
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edifice
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break apart
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sunder
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one who rings church bell
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sexton
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to declare or affirm
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aver
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fill up beyond natural appetite
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satiate
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one who hates women
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misogynist
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uprising
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tumult
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agreeable
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congenial
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to soil or stain
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besmirch
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offensive, repugnant
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odious
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earthly
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temporal
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shameful
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ignominious
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druggist
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apothecary
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sleepwalker
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somnambulist
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one who hates mankind
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misanthrope
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predicts future
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auger
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warehouse
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depot
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drug used to relief of grief
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nepenthe
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