scarlett letter vocab list #1

inauspicious

contrary to your interests or welfare

petrify

make rigid and set into a conventional pattern

augur

indicate by signs

indubitably

in a manner or to a degree that could not be doubted

scourge

whip

meager

deficient in amount or extent

infamy

a state of extreme dishonor

rotundity

the fullness of a tone of voice

sumptuary

regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior

brazen

unrestrained by convention or propriety

iniquity

morally objectionable behavior

haughty

having or showing arrogant superiority

flagrant

conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

contumely

a rude expression intended to offend or hurt

impediment

something immaterial that interferes with action or progress

remonstrance

the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest

visage

the human face

exhort

force of impel in an indicated direction

tremulous

quivering as from weakness of fear

lurid

shining with an unnatural red glow

rebuke

an act or expression of criticism and censure

amenable

disposed or willing to comply

peremptory

not allowing contradiction or refusal

requital

an act of requiting; returning in kind

expostulation

the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest