The Scarlet Letter Vocab Chapters 13-18

Asperity (noun)

Harsh tone/manner

Austerity (noun)

A plain and simple style (puritan lifestyle)

Despotic (adjective)

Harsh, oppressive, tyrannical way of judgement

Effluence (noun)

A flowing substance/manifestation from something

Enigma (noun)

Something mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand

Gibe (noun)

A mocking or sarcastic remark

Innate (adjective)

Qualities/sins present since birth (inborn)

Petulant (adjective)

Childish or irritable mood

Proffered (verb)

To offer or present for acceptance

Requital (noun)

Repayment

Colloquy (noun)

Intense/formal conversation

Consecration (noun)

A deed declared as sacred

Denizen (noun)

An inhabitant/resident of a specific place

Dryad (noun)

Wood nymph or forest spirit

Harrowed (verb)

Deeply tortured in mind and spirit

Hillock (noun)

A small hill or mound of earth

Loquacity (noun)

The quality of being very talkative

Meditative (adjective)

Reflective transformation (“A” from shame to emblem of humanity)

Transmuting (verb)

Change in form, nature, or substance (“A” from shame to personal strength)

Vestige (noun)

The remaining trace or footprint of something that’s fading