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The Scarlet Letter Chapters 17-24 Vocab!
"Donny, you're out of your element!"
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11th Grade
02/28/2012
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Spectre
 Definition
Ghost
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Atheist
 Definition
One who denies the existence of God
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Contiguity
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Nearness
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Misanthropy
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Hatred of man
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Malignity 
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Ill will
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Abyss
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Hell, bottomless pit
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Dolefully
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Sadly
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Estranged
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Separated
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Colloquy
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Formal Conversation
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Trammelled
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Hindered
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Citadel
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Fortress, stronghold
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Irrevocably
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Without possibility of being retracted or changed
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Denizens
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Inhabitants
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Choleric
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Bad-Tempered
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Dryad
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Wood nymph
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Imperious
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Domineering, overbearing
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Vicissitude
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Quality of being changeable
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Solace
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Comfort in distress
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Comport
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Agree, harmonize
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Obeisance
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Deference
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Dissolute
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Lacking in moral restraint
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Potentate
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One who has power over others
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Gratuitous
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Unnecessary, unwanted
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Betimes
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Early
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Preternaturally
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Exceptionally
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Effervescence
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Liveliness
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Surmounted
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Placed above
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Galliard
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Spirited, lively
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Ponderous
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Having great weight
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Languidly
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Without energy
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Transitory
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Short-lived
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Apotheosized
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glorified
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Repose
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Rest
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Acutest
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Sharpest
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Sufficed
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Met present needs, was sufficient
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Necromancer
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Sorceror/magic man that deals with spirits & the dead

(definiton's missing in the packet)
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Semblance
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Outward appearance, copy
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Escutcheon
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Shield bearing a coat of arms
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Sable
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Black
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Gules
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Red
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