Scarlet Letter 1 Flashcards
(33 cards)
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, a distaste, or enmity
Append
To add in a supplementary matter
Arduous
Very difficult to accomplish or achieve, very demanding (task)
Ascend
To move upward, to rise from a lower station
Ascetic
One who leads a life of self denial or 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
