Scarlet Letter Vocab #2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Quell | V: to suppress; to put an end to; to vanquish; to quiet or allay |
| Peremptory | ADJ: positive or assertive in speech, tone, or manner; imperative—leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; precluding debate or expostulation; absolute |
| Efficacy | N: Desired effect; usefulness |
| Expostulation | N: earnest reasoning with the intent to dissuade or |
| Emolument | N: profit, salary, fees from employment; compensation for services. |
| Ascetic | ADJ/N: self-depriving (like a monk) |
| Revile | V: to subject to verbal abuse; to speak abusively |
| Succor | N: help, relief, aid; V: to help, to relieve, to aid |
| contumacious(ly) | ADJ: stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient (so "perverse" is meant to be "contrary," not with the context we might assume) |
| Aver | V: to assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or manner |
| Incredulity/incredulous | N: disbelief; unbelievable |
| Inscrutable | ADJ: impossible to understand; unable to be deciphered |
| Dexterity | N: skill in using hands; agility; cleverness (physical or mental) |
| Imbue | V (tr) to inspire or permeate a feeling or quality (in something) |
| Mutability | N: changeability (mutable = adj) |
| Amenable | ADJ: ready and willing to answer; obliging |
| caprice/capricious | N: A tendency to change one's mind without apparent or adequate motive; whimsicality; capriciousness |
| Delusive | ADJ: hard to find; evasive |
| Placidity | N: serenity; peacefulness |
| Imp | N: a little devil or demon; an evil spirit; a mischievous little child |
| Anathema | N: a thing or person accursed or damned; a formal curse, as in excommunication |
| Revile | V: to speak abusively |
| Fain | ADV: archaic—happily, willingly |
| Imperious | ADJ: domineering, arrogant, overbearing |
| Extant | ADJ: still existing; in existence |
| Cabalistic | ADJ: of or pertaining to the cabala; mystic |
| Panoply | N: armor; something that is protective |
| Muster | V: to draw your strength and courage together |
| Exigency | N: urgency; a situation—like an emergency—calling for immediate attention; (plural) pressing needs |
| Indue | V: to clothe; to put on; to assume the qualities of Hamlet endued the character of a madman. MAY ALSO BE SPELLED with an "e" |
| Expatiate | V: to speak or write at length (on or upon would generally follow this word); to expound in discourse |
| Emaciated | ADJ: gaunt and abnormally thin; wasted V—to cause to become abnormally lean by wasting away of flesh |
| Tarry | V: to remain or stay (as in a place); to delay or be tardy in acting, starting, coming; linger; loiter |
| Importunate | ADJ: urgent or persistent in solicitation; begging |
| Scrutinize | V: to examine in detail |
| Erudition/erudite | N: knowledge acquired by study |
| Vilify | V (tr): to use abusive language about or of; to defame |
| Inimical | ADJ: hostile, unfriendly; in opposition, adverse |
| Askance | ADV: with a sideways glance; with suspicion or disapproval |
| Askew | ADV: to one side; awry |
| Solace | N: a comfort or consolation; can be used as a verb—to comfort or console |
| Palliate | V (tr): to lessen the severity of without curing; to alleviate |
| Abstruse | ADJ: hard to understand |
| Apostolic | ; ADJ: of the Apostles, their teaching, work; of the pope, papal |
| Expiation/expiate | N—atonement; V = to make amends for (wrongdoing or guild); to atone for |
| Conjectured | V—to guess; N = conjecture |
| Torpid | ADJ: dull, sluggish, dormant |
| Impute | V: to attribute (esp. a fault or misconduct) to another |
| Abased | V: to humble (abasement = noun) |
| Requital | N: act of reward/repayment; V: to return a reward for service or kindness |
| Obviate | V (tr): To do away with or prevent by effective measure; to make unnecessary |
| Auspicious | ADJ: of good omen; fortunate |
| Propinquity | N: nearness in place; proximity |
| Sedulous | ADJ: diligent in application or attention; persevering; |
| Deleterious | ADJ: detrimental/harmful to health or well-being; injurious |
| Asperity | N: roughness or harshness; sharpness of temper |
| Penitent | ADJ: feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing; disposed to atonement; contrite (can be used as a N—a person who confesses sin and submits to penance) |
| Haggard | ADJ: gaunt, appearing exhausted and worn out |
| Colloquy | N: a conversation or conference |
| Choleric | ADJ: easily angered |
| Mollify | V (tr): to soothe/appease; to make less severe or violent |
| Vicissitude | N: unpredictable changes in life; ups and downs |
| Obeisance | N: a gesture of respect, as a bow; homage; deference |
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