AP Lit Scarlet Letter Vocab

edifice

a large, usually impressive building.

allot

to divide or distribute in shares.

sepulcher

a burial vault built of rock or stone.

inauspicious

not prosperous.

physiognomy

a person's facial features or expression, especially when regarded as indicative of character or ethnic origin.

indubitably

unquestionably.

scaffold

a platform on which a criminal is executed.

impropriety

failure to show honesty or modesty.

ignominy

disgraceful or dishonorable conduct, quality, or action.

trow

to believe.

abash

to destroy the self-confidence of.

sumptuary

intended to regulate personal habits on moral or religious grounds.

evanescent

tending to vanish like vapor.

visage

appearance.

spurn

to stumble.

pillory

a wooden framework erected on a post with holes for securing the head and hands to expose the offender to public scorn.

contumely

a humiliating insult.

remonstrance

objection.

furrows

wrinkles.

abate

to put an end to.

iniquity

wickedness.

expound

to explain in careful and elaborate detail.

fervor

intensity of feeling or expression.

lurid

gruesome; sensational.

ignominious

shameful, contemptible.