Gabrielle Brown, Chapter 23 & 24, Scarlet Letter
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 oracles | people who, it was believed, could speak with the gods |
| transitory | enduring a very short time |
| eminence | high status importance owing to marked superiority |
| symphonious | adj. Marked by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds. |
| apotheosized | raised to a spiritual or god-like state |
| appalled | horrified, shocked |
| conjectural | based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence |
| nugatory | of no real value |
| gules | the color red |
| escutcheon | a shield |
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