Scarlet Letter Vocab.
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- abash
- embarrass and confuse; disconcert
- ignomity
- public shame and disgrace; dishonor
- iniquity
- gross unrighteousness; sin; wickedness
- flagrant
- glaringly offensive; outrageous
- lieu
- place; stead
- expound
- explain; set forth; state in detail
- moment
- importance; weight; consuquence
- perpetrate
- commit or do(a crime, fraud)
- singular
- extraordinary; unusual
- amenable
- open to influence or suggestion
- efficacy
- power to produce the effect wanted
- retribution
- a deserved punishment; return for wrongdoing
- infamy
- public disgrace
- commiserate
- feel or express sorrow for another's suffering
- revil
- call bad names; abuse with words
- succor
- help or aid
- insidious
- seeking to entrap or ensnare; crafty
- caprice
- a sudden change of mind without reason
- anathema
- a solemn curse
- dearth
- too small a supply; great scarcity
- ludicrous
- causing derisive laughter; ridiculous
- caper
- leap or jump about playfully
- perversity
- willfulness; obstinacy in persisting in wrong
- emaciate
- make unnaturally thin; waste away
- vindicate
- clear from suspicion or dishonor
- manifest
- reveal; display; prove
- query
- question; inquiry
- effect
- make happen; result
- vestige
- slight remnant; trace; mark
- decry
- condemn; denounce
- waive
- give up(a right, claim)
- machination
- evil plot; secret or cunning scheme
- odious
- very displeasing; hateful; offensive
- scourage
- a whip; lash
- expiation
- a making amends for a wrong; sin; atonement
- wonted
- accustomed; customary; usual
- conjecture
- formation of an opinion admittedly without sufficient evidence for proof; guessing
- mollify
- soften in temper; calm
- defunct
- dead; extinct
- pristine
- as it was in its earliest time or state; original
- pauper
- very poor person
- vicissitude
- change in circumstances or fortune
- taper
- a very slender candle
- zealous
- eager; enthusiastic
- mutability
- ability or tendency to change
- benign
- kindly in feeling; benevolent; gracious
- blackguard
- a low, contemptible person; scoundrel
- austerity
- sternness in manner or appearance
- auspicious
- favorable; fortunate
- erudite
- scholarly
- rankle
- continue to give pain
- reciprocate
- give in return
- incongruity
- unfitness; in appropriateness
- devoid
- entirely without; empty; lacking
- petulant
- irritable over trifles; peevish
- oracle
- sure and wise answer
- enigma
- a baffling or puzzling problem, situation, or person
- attribute
- characteristic
- dispel
- drive away and scatter; disperse
- loquaciy
- talktiveness
- haggard
- looking worn from pain, fatigue, worry, hunger, etc.; gaunt
- impart
- give a part or share of
- posterity
- generations of the future
- scurvy
- disease caused by lack of vitamin c
- utmost
- greatest or highest possible
- plaintive
- mournful; sad
- erratic
- not steady; uncertain; irregular
- appall
- fill with horrow; dismay
- repudiate
- refuse to accept; reject
- fidelity
- steadfast faithfulness; loyalty
- impediment
- hindrance; obstruction
- recluse
- perosn who lives shut up or withdrawn from the world