Scarlet Letter Vocab Part 1

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edifice

a large structure, usually a building

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phantasmagoric

fantastical, imaginative

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3

physiognomy

appearance, face

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4

augur

to foretell the future

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5

meagre

scanty, to little of

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6

peremptory

quick, hasty

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7

paramour

a lover

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8

assimilate

to blend into

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9

infamy

shame

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10

mountebank

a charlatan

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11

pillory

a place of punishment

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12

talisman

a token

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13

wreak

to cause to happen

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14

exhort

to plead

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15

requital

in return/payment

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16

contumely

contempt

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17

ignominious

shameful

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18

progenitors

ansectors

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19

unavailingly

uselessly

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evanescent

temporary, transient

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