"The Scarlet Letter" Vocab #`1

edifice

a large, usually impressive building

allot

to divide or distribute in shares

sepulcher

a burial vault built of rock

inauspicious

not prosperous

physiognomy

a person’s facial features or extpressions, especially when regarded as indicative of character

indubitably

unquestionably

scaffold

a platform for criminals’ execution

impropriety

failure to show honesty

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 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 great detail

fervor

intensity of feeling or expression

lurid

gruesome

ignominious

shameful