"The Scarlet Letter" Vocab #`1

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edifice

a large, usually impressive building

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allot

to divide or distribute in shares

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sepulcher

a burial vault built of rock

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inauspicious

not prosperous

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physiognomy

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

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indubitably

unquestionably

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scaffold

a platform for criminals’ execution

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impropriety

failure to show honesty

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ignominy

disgraceful or dishonorable conduct, quality, or action

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trow

to believe

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abash

to destroy the self-confidence of

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sumptuary

intended to regulate personal habits on moral or religious grounds

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evanescent

tending to vanish like vapor

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visage

appearance

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spurn

to stumble

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pillory

a wooden framework to expose the offender to public scorn

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contumely

a humiliating insult

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remonstrance

objection

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furrows

wrinkles

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abate

to put an end to

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iniquity

wickedness

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expound

to explain in great detail

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fervor

intensity of feeling or expression

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lurid

gruesome

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ignominious

shameful

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