_Scarlett Letter_ Vocabulary Part 4

Extenuation

________- noun- making something less serious.

Vicissitude

________- noun- a condition of constant change /a regular succession (night and day)

Pathos

________- noun- suffering; the feelings aroused (pity, sympathy) (emotions)

Necromancy

________- noun- black magic /raising the dead.

Probity

________- noun- to continue to restrain.

Obeisance

________- noun- gesture of respect, such as a bow /curtsy.

Intrusiveness

________- noun- moving in where you are not welcome.

Animadversion

________- noun- act of criticizing /unfavorable comments.

Stigma

________- noun- a mark of shame.

trammel

verb-to continue to restrain