Scarlet+Letter+Vocabulary+-+Chapters+1-9

__ CHAPTER ONE __ ALLOT: to divide or distribute in shares. SEPULCHRE: a burial vault built of rock or stone. PONDEROUS: weighty or clumsy. CONGENIAL: pleasant, friendly. INAUSPICIOUS: unfortunate, unfavorable. PORTAL: a doorway of imposing appearance. __ CHAPTER TWO __ AUGUR: to foretell BETOKEN: to give evidence of. INDUBITABLY: unquestionably. ANTINOMIAN: one who rejects a socially established morality. HETERODOX -holding unorthidox opinions or doctrines ** VENERABLE: deserving respect because of age or rank. TRANSGRESS: to violate. INFAMY: evil reputation brought about by something shocking or brutal. IMPROPRIETY: the quality or state of being improper. ROTUND: round. MALEFACTOR: a person who violates the law or does evil. ABASH: to destroy the self-confidence of. SUMPTUARY: designed to regulate habits on moral or religious grounds. EVANESCENT: tending to vanish like vapor. BRAZEN: marked by contemptuous boldness. INIQUITY: wickedness. PILLORY: a means to expose one to public scorn and humility. MIEN: appearance; aspect. CONTUMELY: rude language or treatment arising from haughtiness and contempt. PRETERNATURAL: exceeding what is natural or regular. REMONSTRANCE: objection. DEMEANOR: behavior toward others; outward manner. . __ CHAPTER THREE __ ABATE: put an end to. SOJOURN: a temporary stay. EXPOUND: to explain in careful and elaborate detail. SAGACIOUS: of keen mind: shrewd. OBSTINANCY: fixed and unyielding; stubborn. FERVOR: intensity of feeling or expression. LURID: gruesome; sensational. GARB: clothing. IGNOMINIOUS: shameful. __ CHAPTER FOUR __ AMENABLE: willing to yield or submit: agreeable. PEREMPTORY: leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal. ALCHEMY: the "science" of transforming something common into something precious. PARAMOUR - an illicit lover
 * HAWTHORNE'S PURITAN PUREE 1-9
 * SCOURGE : to punish or criticize severely (as with a whip).

__ CHAPTER ____ FIVE __ TINGE: an affective or modifying property or influence: a touch. PROGENITORS: an ancestor in the direct line: forefather. PLEBEIAN: one of the common people. EMOLUMENT: compensation for services. COMMISERATE: to feel or express sympathy: condole. CONTUMACIOUSLY: stubbornly disobedient: rebellious. TALISMAN: something producing apparently magical or miraculous effects. __ CHAPTER SIX __ IMBUED: inspired as with feelings, opinions, etc. MUTABILITY: changeability. EPOCH: a point in time marked by the beginning of a new development or condition. REGIMEN: a regulated course, as of diet, exercise, or manner of living,. CAPRICE; a sudden, impulsive change: whim. DEARTH: scarcity, lack, or famine. GESTICULATION: expression through gestures. LABYRINTH: any intricate or perplexing set of difficulties: maze. ENMITY: established hatred.

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LUDICROUS: amusing or laughable EMINENCE: position of prominence or superiority. PRISTINE: uncorrupted by civilization, untouched. INTRINSIC: originating or situated within; essential, inherent. IMPERIOUS: commanding; dominant. PALLID: deficient in color: dull. DAUNTLESS: fearless, undaunted. EXTANT: not destroyed or lost. BURNISHED: polished. PANOPLY: a wide-ranging and impressive array or display. MUSTER: to gather, summon, or assemble. EXIGENCES: a state of affairs that makes urgent demands. __ CHAPTER EIGHT __

EXPATIATE: to enlarge upon in discourse or writing. WARILY: cautiously BEHEST: an earnest request. AMISS: faulty, out of proper course. EMACIATED: to make very thin, as due to lack of nutrition or disease. MOUNTEBANK: any charlatan or quack. BOON: a favor sought, a blessing ADDUCE: to bring forward as in argument or as evidence. VEHEMENT: forceful or violent.

__ CHAPTER NINE __

COUNTENANCE: to extend approval or toleration of. PROPOUND: to offer up for discussion or consideration. TUMULT: uproar and confusion: commotion, riot. ERUDITION: extensive knowledge acquired chiefly from books. COMMODIOUS: comfortable or conveniently spacious: roomy. INCANTATIONS: spells or verbal charms used in a ritual of magic. CONJURER: someone who calls up spirits or ghosts: magicians. GUISE: general external appearance, often thought to be assumed EMISSARY: messenger; a go-between.

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