IBMYP ENG3: Scarlet Letter Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 petrify | to physically impact due to astonishment |
| transgressor | a criminal; a rule-breaker |
| purport | to lie |
| visage | the appearance of one's face |
| iniquity | distastefully rude, mean |
| rankle | to pain; to annoy |
| fervor | figurative and literal warmth |
| exhort | to earnestly advise; to urge |
| efficacy | effectiveness |
| retribution | the act of justified vengeance |
| progenitors | an ancestor |
| emolument | compensation |
| concoct | to make something new by the combining of different ingredients |
| insidious | meant to beguile |
| inopportune | unnecessary; inconvenient |
| procure | to get by the use of unique means |
| attire | apparel |
| revile | to banter |
| enmity | animosity |
| preternatural | metaphysical |
| caper | a skip or leap |
| extant | still in existence |
| pestilence | an epidemic |
| vista | a view |
| depravity | the state of being defamed |
| mountebank | a person who publicly sells fake medication |
| profane | sacrilegious; irreligious |
| sagacity | wisdom |
| vilify | to slander; to banter |
| scrupulous | principled |
| decorous | dignified |
| bestow | to give |
| repose | to be at rest |
| machination | a, usually-mischievous, scheme |
| abase | to humble; to degrade |
| pristine | pure |
| accost | to bravely confront |
| propinquity | the state of being near to |
| dexterity | agility |
| petulant | showing sudden irritation or impatience |
| cadence | rhythmically flowing |
| mollify | to assuage; to appease |
| vex | to annoy |
| requite | to compensate for services |
| probity | integrity; honesty |
| mien | showing feeling |
| fortitude | strength in emotions and knowledge to confront adversity |
| auditor | an appointed officer to examine documents of accounting |
| venerable | that which commands justified respect |
| necromancer | conjuration; witchcraft |
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