The Scarlet Letter: Chapter 1-12 Vocab
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Beadle
A minor church official who helps to keep order during services
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contumely
insulting display of contempt in words or actions
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ignominy
disgrace, dishonor, shame
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inauspicious
boding ill; unfavorable
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mien
the look of something; appearance
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physiognomies
the face or countenance; outward appearance
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pillory
A wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the hands and head in order to expose a criminal to public ridicule or abuse
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remonstrance
complaint; protest
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sagacity
soundness of judgment
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vie
to strive in competition for; to contend for superiority
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anathemas
curses; denunciations; bad wishes
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draught
a drink; a dose; that which is taken in by drinking or inhaling
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efficacy
effectiveness; able to produce a result
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expostulation
complaint; earnest protest
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gesticulation
an animated gesture; a gesture made with excitement
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paramour
lover; a beloved person
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phantasmagoric
displaying an optical illusion; imagining changing scenes
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quaff
to drink heartily
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sable
black clothes worn in mourning
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uncongenial
disagreeable; not pleasing
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cabalistic
mystic; occult
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chirurgical
surgical; a part of surgery
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contagion
spread of an attitude, idea, or emotion
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deportment
demeanor; conduct; behavior
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despondent
feeling or showing no hope
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emaciated
abnormally thin; marked by a lack of nutrition
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erudition
knowledge acquired by study
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imperious
dictatorial; urgent; commanding
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leech
parasite; name for a doctor in the 1600's; something that clings to another for personal gain
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pestilence
a deadly epidemic or disease; something harmful or evil
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demerits
punishments for bad behavior
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ethereal
light: airy; refined; extremely delicate
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expiation
the means by which atonement or reparation are made
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inextricable
incapable of being disentangled
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inimical
involved; unable to undone or solved
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ominous
foreboding, threatening
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portent
an indication of; or omen of
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scurrilous
obscenely abusive; insulting; offensive; vulgar
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somnambulism
sleepwalking; performing acts while asleep
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zenith
the highest point
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