The Scarlet Letter SAT Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abase | to degrade, to humiliate |
| abate | to reduce in intensity or amount |
| abstruse | difficult to understand, recondite, concealed |
| abyss | bottomless hole, a vast expanse or depth |
| acuity | sharpness of perception |
| affinity | A likeness, a natural relationship, a kinship |
| alacrity | prompt and cheerful response |
| alchemist | One who practices medieval chemistry or tries to change metals into gold. |
| alloy | a substance that is a mixture of metals |
| amenable | open to or willing to follow advice or suggestion, tractable, malleable |
| antipathy | a dislike, distaste, or enmity |
| append | to add in a supplementary manner |
| arduous | very difficult to accomplish or to achieve, very demanding (task) |
| ascend | to move upward, to rise from a lower station |
| ascetic | one who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation; absent of luxury |
| audacity | excessive boldness, rashness, daring |
| augury | An omen or prophecy |
| auspicious | favorable |
| austere | strict, stern; unadorned, ascetic |
| balm | A soothing substance or one that gives relief |
| benevolence | kindness, generosity, charity |
| benign | not causing harm, of gentle disposition, beneficial |
| betoken | to give a sign of |
| blighted | destroyed or caused by decline or decay |
| buoyant | capable of floating; cheerful |
| burnish | to make shiny or to polish by rubbing |
| calamity | a serious event causing distress or misfortune |
| capricious | changing suddenly, fickle |
| consecrate | to dedicate or to declare sacred |
| credible | reliable and believable |
| dearth | a lack, a scarcity |
| decorousness | proper behavior |
| decorum | appropriate conduct, correct and proper behavior |
| deleterious | harmful; dangerous; injurious |
| depravity | moral corruption, a wicked or perverse act |
| derision | scoffing at, mockery, ridicule |
| despondency | depression, dejection |
| despotic | ruling oppressively and absolutely; tyrannical |
| discern | to differentiate between two or more things |
| duplicity | double-dealing, hypocrisy |
| edifice | a very large building |
| effervescent | showing high spirits |
| endow | to provide with income or property, to supply with a talent or quality |
| enmity | absolute hatred |
| entreaty | a plea, an earnest request |
| enumerate | to count one by one |
| erudite | scholarly |
| esoteric | understood only by a small group or a select few |
| estrange | to alienate, to separate |
| ethereal | heavenly, unusually delicate, light, lacking material substance, intangible |
| eulogy | praise or tribute |
| evanescent | fleeting; impermanent |
| exigent | urgent; requiring immediate attention |
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