AP Lit Scarlet Letter Vocab

edifice

(n)

a large, usually impressive building.

allot

(v)

to divide or distribute in shares.

sepulcher

(n)

a burial vault built of rock or stone.

inauspicious

(adj)

not prosperous.

physiognomy

(n)

a person's facial features or expression, esp when regarded as indicative of character or ethnic origin.

indubitably

(adv)

unquestionably.

scaffold

(n)

a platform on which a criminal is executed.

impropriety

(n)

failure to show honesty or modesty.

ignominy

(n)

disgraceful or dishonorable conduct, quality, or action.

trow

(v)

to believe. 

abash

(v)

to destroy the self-confidence of.

sumptuary

(adj)

intended to regulate personal 

habits on moral or religious grounds.

evanescent

(adj)

tending to vanish like vapor.

visage

(n)

appearance.

spurn

(v)

to stumble.

pillory

(n)

a wooden framework erected  on a post with holes for securing the head and hands to expose the offender to public scorn. 

contumely

(n)

a humiliating insult. 

remonstrance

(n)

objection. 

furrows

(n)

wrinkles.

abate

(v)

to put an end to. 

iniquity

(n)

wickedness.

expound

(v)

to explain in careful and elaborate detail.

fervor

(n)

intensity of feeling or expression.

lurid

(adj)

gruesome; sensational.

ignominious

(adj)

shameful, contemptible.