Scarlet letter 7-9

These flashcards cover key vocabulary terms and their definitions from the lecture notes.

Cabaliste

Relating to the Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism.

Chirurgical

Surgical.

Contagion

The communication of disease from one person to another by close contact.

Deportment

A person's behavior or manners.

Despondent

In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.

Emaciated

Abnormally thin or weak.

erudition

having or showing great knowledge or learning

imperious

assuming power or authority without justification

Leech

A person clings for gain

pestilence

fatal disease