Scarlet Letter Focused Vocabulary

  1. Ponderous (adj)- slow and clumsy because of great weight

  2. Indubitably - (adv) unquestionably

  3. Scourged - (v)subjected to severe criticism

  4. Infamy - (adj) fame for something evil

  5. Behoof - (n) advantage

  6. Abashed - (adj) embarrassed

  7. Sumptuary - (adj) designed to regulate habits on moral or religious grounds

  8. Congenial - (adj) pleasant, friendly

  9. Inauspicious - (adj) not prosperous or promising

  10. Gentility - (n) the upper class

  11. Evanescent -(adj) tending to vanish, like vapor

  12. Ignominy - public shame for dishonorable conduct, quality, or action

  13. Brazen - (adj) bold

  14. Iniquity - (n) wickedness

  15. Visage - (n) face

  16. Mien- (n) appearance; aspect

  17. Sagacity -(n)  shrewdness/wisdom

  18. Efficacy -(n) effectiveness

  19. Mutability -(n) changeableness

  20. Erudition -(n) knowledge acquired chiefly from books

  21. Latent -(adj) present but not visible or active; dormant

  22. Odious - (adj) deserving of hatred

  23. Ethereal - (adj) celestial; heavenly

  24. Petulant - (adj) insolent or rude

  25. Precocity -(n) the quality of exhibiting mature qualities at an unusually early age

  26. Acrid - (adj) bitter

  27. Enigma - (n)something hard to understand or explain; mystery

  28. Accosting - (v) attackingAccosting - (v) attacking

  29. Propensity - (n)intense inclination

  30. Misanthropy - (n)hatred or distrust of humankind

  31. Vicissitude -(n) changing circumstances

  32. Introspection -(n) examination of one’s own emotional or mental state

  33. Irrefragable -(adj) not to be disputed or contested

  34. Gratuitous - (adj) without apparent reason or justification

  35. Penitence - (n)regret for sin or wrongdoing