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Scarlet Letter
Vocab, Custom House to Chapter 7
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English
11th Grade
01/23/2008

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prolix
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wordy
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decorous
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proper
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edifice
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building
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rankling
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irritating
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discern
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percieve
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venerable
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respected
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laudable
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worthy of praise
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tempestuous
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stormy
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tenacity
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persistence
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indolent
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lazy
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vicissitude
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wavering
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sagaciously
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wisely
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obtuseness
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unclearness
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vigilance
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watchfulness
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impalpable
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unable to be touched
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vitiated
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impaired
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expatiate
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to speak at length
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unmalleable
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unchangeable
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evanescent
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tending to vanish
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uncouth
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awkward
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esoteric
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limited to a small circle
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esoteric
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limited to a small circle
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fathomed
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understood
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utopia
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place or state of political or social perfection
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sepulchers
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burial vaults
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congenial
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pleasant
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inauspicious
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not prosperous
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infamy
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fame for something evil
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abashed
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embarrassed
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brazen
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bold
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etymologist
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one who studies word derivations
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heterogeneous
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different in kind
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sojourn
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a temporary stay
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expound
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to explain in detail
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fervor
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intensity
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lurid
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gruesome
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paramour
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lover
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vivify
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to make lively
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assimilate
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to be absorbed into the dominant cultural tradition
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plebian
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of the common people
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infantile
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babyish
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gesticulation
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expression through gestures
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pristine
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pure
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intrinsic
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originating w/in
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wan
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pale or sickly
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extant
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not detroyed or lost
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subsistence
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existence
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