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Scarlet Letter Vocabulary
AP American Studies vocabulary!
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11th Grade
11/12/2009
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vindicate
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clear from suspicion
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manifest
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proven/displayed
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query
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question
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effect
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make something happen
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decry
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denounce/condemn
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waive
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to give up
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odious
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offensive/hateful
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scourage
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whip or lash
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expiation
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making amends for sin
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conjecture
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guess
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defunct
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dead/extinct
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erudite
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scholarly/learned
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pristine
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in the earliest time or state
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pauper
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poor person
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taper
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thin candle
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zealous
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enthusiastic
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benign
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kind in feeling, good, gracious
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austerity
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sternness in manner or appearance
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auspicious
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favorable and fortunate
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rankle
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continue to give pain
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reciprocate
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to give in return
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incongruity
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unfitness/inappropriate
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petulant
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irritable over small things
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enigma
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a baffling or puzzling problem, person or situation
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