The Scarlet Letter Vocab
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gjohnson95 on October 24, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 allot | to divide or distribute by share or portion |
| sepulchres | a tomb, grave, or burial place |
| ponderous | of great weight, heavy; massive |
| congenial | agreeable,suitable, or pleasing in nature or character |
| inauspicious | not auspicious; bonding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable |
| physiognomy | the face or countenance, when considered as an index to the character |
| augured | to divine or predict; as from omens; prognosticate |
| tribunal | a place or seat of judgement |
| inference | the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation |
| scourged | a whip or lash, esp. for the infliction of punishment or torture |
| magistrate | a civil officer charged with the administration of the law |
| venerable | commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity |
| scaffold | a raised platform or stage for exhibiting spectacles, seating speculators |
| infamy | extremely bad reputation, public reproach, or strong condemnation as the result of a shameful, criminal, or outrageous act |
| abash | to destroy the self-confidence,poise, self-possession of; disconcert; make more ashamed or embarrassed |
| evanescent | vanishing; fading away; fleeting |
| ignominy | shameful or dishonorable quality or conduct or an instance |
| brazen | shameless or impudent |
| iniquity | a violation of right or duty; wicked act; sin |
| visage | aspect; appearance |
| preternatural | outside of nature; supernatural |
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