scarlet letter vocab. (sagacious - zenith)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 sagacious | discerning; wise |
| scintillating | to be witty; to sparkle; animated; vivacious; effervescent |
| sedulously | diligent in application or attention; persevering; industrious |
| sentinel | a guard, sentry, or lookout; a soldier station as a guard to challenge all newcomers and prevent a surprise attack |
| solace | to comfort; consolation or relief; to alleviate or soothe; that which furnishes comfort in grief |
| stalwart | strong and robust; determined; courageous; an uncompromising partisan |
| superfluous | surplus; exceeding what is needed; unnecessary or irrelevant |
| tarry | to put off going or linger; to remain temporarily |
| tempestuous | stormy; turbulent; characterized by or subject to tempests |
| tome | a large heavy book; one of the several volumes of a work |
| torpid | intensely hot and dry; passionate |
| unobtrusive | unnoticeable or conspicuous |
| vagrant | one without an established home or job; a tramp; wandering aimlessly; wayward |
| venerable | worthy of respect because of dignity, age, etc |
| veneration | the feeling of a person who venerates; a feeling of awe or respect; the act of venerating |
| vicissitude | a change or alteration; irregular changes, as of conditions or fortune |
| virtuous | righteous; pure or chaste |
| vista | a view; a mental image |
| vitiated | impaired the use or value of; rendered weak or ineffective; to make legally invalid |
| voluminous | sufficient to fill volumes; large or extensive |
| voluptuous | pertaining to sensuous or sensual gratification; suggesting the satisfaction of sensual desire; derived from gratification of the senses |
| wan | pale, as from sickness; faint or feeble |
| witticism | a clever or humorous remark |
| zenith | the point of the celestial sphere that is exactly overhead; the highest or culminating point |
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