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Scarlet Letter
Week 2
20
English
11th Grade
08/24/2006

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Hussy
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woman considered brazen or immoral
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autumnal
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period of maturity verging on decline
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boon
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a blessing, something to be thankful for
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grisly
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inspiring repugnance; gruesome
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prefigure
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to suggest, indicate, or represent by an antecedent from or model; presage or foreshadow
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interpose
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to interject or interrupt; to come between
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abashed
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to make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert
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sumptuary
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regulating personal behavior on moral or religious grounds
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evanescent
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vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor
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ignominy
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shameful or disgraceful action, conduct, or character
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enveloped
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wrapped up in; entirely surrounded by
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brazen
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shameless; marked by flagrant and insolent audacity
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enjoin
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to urge, order, command; forbid or prohibit
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perchance
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perhaps; possibly
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rankle
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to cause persistent irritation or resentment
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serene
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unaffected by distubance; calm and unruffled
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manifest
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clearly apparent to the sight or undertanding; obvious
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inquest
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investigation; court or legal proceeding
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venomous
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malicious; spiteful; poisonous
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contumely
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rudeness or contempt arising from arrogance; insolence
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