The Scarlet Letter (54-81)
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kasssurrealism on September 22, 2010
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28 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 expiate | to atone or to make amends for a sin or crime |
| extant | still in existance |
| fervent | ardent, showing great emotion, impassioned |
| florid | flowery, flushed with color |
| foliage | leaves of a plant, leafage |
| forbearance | patience, lenience |
| foreboding | premonition of evil, an ominous omen |
| fugitive | a person who is elusive or hard to find, wandering |
| furrow | to make wrinkles or grooves |
| gaunt | very thin, emaciated, angular |
| gentility | state of refinement, member of the upper class or gentry |
| gratuitous | `given freely, unwarranted |
| grievous | characterized by severe suffering or sorrow, serious or grave |
| ignominy | disgraceful or dishonorable conduct |
| imbibe | to absorb or to drink in |
| imperious | extremely overbearing |
| implicit | understood but not directly expressed |
| import | relative importance, significance |
| impugn | to assail or to attack one's hunor or integrity |
| impute | to blame or to charge |
| inauspicious | unfavorable |
| incantation | a spell, written ro recited formula of wods designed for a particular effect |
| inclement | stormy, severe |
| incongruity | nonconformity, disagreement, incompatibility |
| incurious | uninterested, lacking normal curiosity |
| indefatigable | tireless, incapable of being fatigued |
| inextricable | not able to be disentangled |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind, viscious, notoriously bad |
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