scarlet letter vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 iniquity | absence of moral or spiritual values |
| visage | face |
| imperceptible | impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses |
| pertains | to refer, be relevant to |
| constrained | lacking spontaneity; not natural; forced |
| ponderous | heavy, slow, burden |
| edifice | building with roof and walls |
| haughty | disdainful; showing arrogant superiority |
| demeanor | behavioral attitudes towards others |
| apprehension | anticipation, fearul expectation |
| sagacity | wiseness |
| amenable | likable |
| lurid | horrible in fierceness, savage |
| heterogeneous | not the same |
| effectual | effective |
| inauspicious | not favorable, bad luck |
| venerable | impressive |
| infered | drawing a conclusion by analysis |
| tremulous | quivering as from weakness or fear |
| peremptory | autocratic; self-assured |
| mutability | able to change |
| inviolable | incapable of being dishonored |
| behest | authoritative command |
| inscrutable | cryptic, unclear, secret |
| caprice | a sudden desire, impulse |
| premeditated | planned out |
| inimical | unfriendly |
| importunate | expressing an earnest request |
| clamity | disaster |
| solace | consolation; comfort |
| affliction | a state of suffering due to differences, danger |
| abomination | loathsome or disgusting thing |
| transitory | ephemeral |
| appaled | disgusted |
| transfiguration | the act of transforming so as to exalt or glorify |
| imminent | close in time, approaching |
| hypocrite | person who acts against what they say |
| conjectural | theory |
| indefatigable | tireless |
| emaciated | gaunt, thin from hunger or disease |
| inured | made tough by continued exposure |
| extort | obtain through intimidation |
| impalpable | incapable of being perceived by touch |
| scurrilous | abusive |
| loquacity | garrulous, talkative |
| propensity | an inclination to act |
| veneration | feeling of respect toward something |
| vicissitude | a variation in fortune in life |
| probity | complete integrity; having moral principles |
| emissary | someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else |
| pristine | clean; spotless |
| asperity | something hard to enure |
| pestilence | plague; infection |
| deleterious | harmful |
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