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Vocab Words for Scarlet Letter
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40
English
11th Grade
11/14/2009

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Inauspicious
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promising failure or bad luck; suggesting that success is unlikely
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Haughty
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behaving in a superior, condescending, or arrogant way
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Furrowed
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having a wrinkle on the skin of the forehead; having a groove in a surface
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Obstinacy
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stubbornness
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Amenable
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responsive to suggestion and likely to cooperate
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Alchemy
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an earlier and unscientific form of chemistry, seeking to transform base metals into gold and to discover a life-prolonging elixir
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Efficacy
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effectiveness; ability to produce the necessary or desired results
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Besmirches
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to bring shame or disgrace on somebody’s reputation
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Ascetic
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choosing or reflecting self-denial
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Imbued
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make something or somebody rich with a particular quality
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Caprice
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a tendency to sudden impulsive decisions or changes of mind
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Pallid
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having an unhealthily pale complexion
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Genial
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having a kind and good-natured disposition or manner
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Emaciated
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extremely thin, especially because of starvation or illness
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Sundering
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to separate or make something separate into parts, especially with force
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Impelled
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To have forced somebody to do something
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Erudition
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knowledge acquired through study and reading
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Mirth
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happiness or enjoyment, especially accompanied by laughter
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Odious
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inspiring hatred, contempt, or disgust
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Abhorrence
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a feeling of loathing for or intense disapproval of something
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Veneration
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feeling of great respect or reverence for somebody or something
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Impalpable
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not capable of being touched; not capable of being perceived by the senses
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Irksomeness
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slightly annoying quality, especially by being tedious
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Zealously
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actively and unreservedly; enthusiastically
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Acquiescing
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to agree to or to comply with something passively rather than expressing approval or support
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Derisively
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while showing contempt or ridicule
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Petulant
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ill-tempered or sulky in a peevish manner
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Pensiveness
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sad or serious manner
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Lamentation
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an act or expression of grief or sorrow
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Misanthropy
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tendency to dislike and distrust other people and to avoid their company
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Dolefully
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sadly and mournfully
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Satiating
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satisfying hunger or another appetite completely
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Avowed
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to have stated or affirmed that something is a fact
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Denizens
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a habitual visitor to a place
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Choleric
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liable to become angry or irritated, or showing anger or irritation
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Intangible
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without material qualities, and so not able to be touched or seen
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Mollified
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to be calmed or soothed when upset
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Vexed
Definition
provoked to irritability or anxiety
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Uncouth
Definition
behaving in an ill-mannered or unrefined way
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Blasphemous
Definition
expressing or involving disrespect for God or sacred things
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