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Scarlet Letter Vocabulary
School: Taunton High; Teacher: Conway
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Literature
11th Grade
10/24/2008

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feign
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v. to make up, invent, fabricate; to make a false show of; pretend, imitate, simulate
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iniquity
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n. a lack of righteousness or justice; wickedness
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sojourn
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n. a brief or temporary stay; visit
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expostulation
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n. reasoning with a person earnestly, objecting to that person's actions or intentions
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edifice
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n. a building, especially a large, imposing one
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inauspicious
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adj. not auspicious; unfavorable; unlucky; ill-omened
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augured
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v. to be an omen (of); presage
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transgressor
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n. one who oversteps or breaks (a law or rule)
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rotundity
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n. something round or rounded out; roundness
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pitiless
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adj. without pity; unfeeling
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omniscient
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adj. having infinite knowledge; knowing all things
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vivify
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v. to give life to; animate
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draught
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n. draft: a portion of liquid, sometimes alcoholic
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evanescent
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adj. tending to pass away or fade from sight like mist or smoke; ephemeral
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demeanor
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n. outward behavior; conduct; deportment
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pillory
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n. a device consisting of a wooden board with holes for the head and hands, in which criminals endure public scorn
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taint
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v. to affect with something physically injurious, unpleasant, autc.
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alchemy
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n. an early form of chemistry, with philosophical associations, chief aims were to turn base metals into gold
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ignominious
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adj. shameful; dishonorable
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paramour
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n. illicit lover
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ethereal
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adj. light, airy, or tenuous; heavenly or celestial
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efficacy
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n. power to produce effects or intended results; effectiveness
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epoch
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n. the beginning of a new and important period in the history of anything
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cadence
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n. fall of the voice in speaking
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