Scarlet Letter Vocabulary

1. Edifice: a building, especially a large, imposing one./a complex system of beliefs.

2. Utopia: an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.

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3. Congenial : Rich Soil / present from birth.

4. Severity : Harsh

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5. Impropriety : bad behavior

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6. Dismal: Grim/Depressing

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7. Ignominy : public shame or disgrace.

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8. Brazen : bold and without shame.

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9. Hussy : a girl or woman who behaves in a disrespectful or inappropriate way or who has many casual sexual relationships.

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10. Demeanor: outward behavior or bearing.

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11. Ordeal : a painful or horrific experience, especially a protracted one.

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12. Mien : a person's look or manner, especially one of a particular kind indicating their character or mood.

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13. Alienation: separation from others.

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14. Ascetic : Denying physical pleasure (also called “Austere”) 

1. Benevolence : Generosity; Kindness

2. Perversity : Evil (When Hawthorn uses it for Pearl, he uses it as mischief)

3. emaciated : Thin; Weak; Starved:looking

4. vehemence: Force

5. infamy : Famous Shame

6. pilloried : Publicly shamed

7. Exemplary : Ideal; Perfect

8. vigil : Staying awake typically for religious purposes

9. decorous : Polite

10. malice : Evil Intent

11. abstruse : known only to a few; obscure

12. efficacious :  Effective

13. insidious : Sneaky evil

14. introspection : Self:examination

15. impalpable : not physical

16. culprit : A guilty person

17. inextricable : impossible to separate.

18. Expiation : making amends for a wrong:doing 

1. pristine: Pure

2. morbid: related to disease; sickly

 3. calamity: Disaster

4. Emancipated: free

5. extort: to take by threat 

6. malignant: Evil

7. upbraid: scold

8. sentiment: feeling; opinion

9. precocity: exceptionally early or premature development

10. acuteness  : the quality of being very good, accurate, and showing an ability to notice very small differences

11. scintillating: sparkling

12. vivacity: lively

13. redemption: the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil; the action of regaining or gaining possession of something in exchange for payment, or clearing a debt.

14. consolation: comfort or reassurance

15. sanctity: holiness

16. consecrate: to dedicate to a noble purpose

17. stigma : blemish or mark of shame

18. irrevocable: unchangeable

19. bliss: perfect happiness

20. Melancholy: Sad or Sadness