The Scarlet Letter Vocab. 4
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- Amalgamation
- Consolidation, merger.
- Amnesty
- Pardon granted by a government, especially for political offenses
- Ascendancy
- Superiority or decisive advantage; domination.
- assimilation
- Process in which a minority group gradually adopts the customs of the prevailing culture.
- Cognizance
- Awareness
- Compulsory
- Required; obligatory.
- Conciliation
- The overcoming of distrust; re-establishment of good will and trust.
- Contraband
- Goods prohibited by law.
- Defalcation
- The misuse of funds.
- Demagogy
- The character or practices of a leader who obtains power through appeals to the emotions of common people.
- Deprecate
- To express disapproval
- Despotism
- Absolute power or authority.
- Effectually
- In a way that produces a desired effect.
- Emasculate
- To deprive of strength and vigor; to weaken
- Exhortation
- Speech that encourages or advises.
- Exigency
- Pressing or urgent situation
- Exonerate
- To free from blame.
- Gaunt
- Thin and bony
- Guise
- False appearance; pretense
- Incongruous
- Incompatible; lacking in harmony