Scarlet Letter

Question 1

Utopia

Answer 1

place or state of political or social perfection

Question 2

Allot

Answer 2

to divide or distribute in shares

Question 3

Sepulchers

Answer 3

burial vaults

Question 4

Ponderous

Answer 4

weighty

Question 5

Congenial

Answer 5

pleasant, friendly

Question 6

Inauspicious

Answer 6

not prosperous or promising

Question 7

Physiognomies

Answer 7

facial features held to show qualities of mind or character by their configuration or expression

Question 8

Augured

Answer 8

foretold

Question 9

Indubitably

Answer 9

unquestionably

Question 10

Antinomian

Answer 10

one who rejects a socially established morality

Question 11

Heterodox

Answer 11

holding unorthodox opinions or doctrine

Question 12

Scourged

Answer 12

subjected to severe criticism

Question 13

Infamy

Answer 13

fame for something evil

Question 14

Farthingale

Answer 14

a support worn beneath a skirt to expand it a the hip line

Question 15

Rotundity

Answer 15

roundness

Question 16

Behoof

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Advantage

Question 17

Trow

Answer 17

Believe

Question 18

Abashed

Answer 18

Embarrassed

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Sumptuary

Answer 19

designed to regulate habits on moral or religious grounds

Question 20

Gentility

Answer 20

The upper class

Question 21

Evanescent

Answer 21

tending to vanish, like vapor

Question 22

Ignominy

Answer 22

disgraceful or dishonorable conduct, quality, or action

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Brazen

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Bold

Question 24

Meridian

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midday; noon

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Iniquity

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Wickedness

Question 26

Visage

Answer 26

Face

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Mien

Answer 27

appearance; aspect

Question 28

Countenances

Answer 28

looks; expressions

Question 29

Preternatural

Answer 29

exceeding what is natural

Question 30

Remonstrance

Answer 30

Objections

Question 31

Cloister

Answer 31

area within a monastery

Question 32

Etymologist

Answer 32

one who studies word derivations

Question 33

Furrows

Answer 33

Wrinkles

Question 34

Heterogeneous

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Different in kind

Question 35

Abate

Answer 35

to put an end to or lessen

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Sojourn

Answer 36

a temporary stay

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Expound

Answer 37

to explain in detail

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Peradventure

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Perhaps

Question 39

Halberds

Answer 39

weapons consisting of a battle ax and a pike mounted on a long handle

Question 40

Sagacity

Answer 40

shrewdness

Question 41

Obstinacy

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stubbornness

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Fervor

Answer 42

intensity; passion

Question 43

Lurid

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gruesome; sensational

Question 44

Sagamores

Answer 44

subordinate chiefs of the Algonquin Indians

Question 45

Amenable

Answer 45

willing to yield; agreeable

Question 46

Peremptory

Answer 46

leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal

Question 47

Alchemy

Answer 47

power or process of transforming something common into something precious

Question 48

Paramour

Answer 48

Lover

Question 49

Vivify

Answer 49

to make likely; to animate

Question 50

Assimilate

Answer 50

to be absorbed into the dominant cultural tradition

Question 51

Progenitors

Answer 51

forefathers

Question 52

Plebeian

Answer 52

of the common people

Question 53

Emoluments

Answer 53

advantages

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Contumaciously

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stubbornly disobedient; rebellious

Question 55

Efficacy

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effectiveness

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Mutability

Answer 56

changeableness

Question 57

Caprice

Answer 57

Whim

Question 58

Infantile

Answer 58

characteristic infants; babyish

Question 59

Dearth

Answer 59

scarcity; lack

Question 60

Gesticulation

Answer 60

expression through gestures

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Enmity

Answer 61

established hatred

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Eminence

Answer 62

prominence; superiority

Question 63

Pristine

Answer 63

uncorrupted; pure

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Intrinsic

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originating or situated within

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Imperious

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commanding; dominant

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Wan

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pale or sickly

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Pallid

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pale; dull

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Extant

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not destroyed or lost

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Cabalistic

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of an esoteric doctrine or mysterious art

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Tome

Answer 70

volume forming part of a larger work

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Relinquish

Answer 71

to leave behind; to give up

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Subsistence

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existence

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Behest

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earnest request

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Albeit

Answer 74

although or even if

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Indefeasible

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not to be annulled or made void

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Mountebank

Answer 76

charlatan; quack

Question 77

Adduced

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brought forward as evidence

Question 78

Vehemence

Answer 78

forcefulness

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Erudition

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knowledge acquired chiefly from books

Question 80

Commodiousness

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spaciousness; roominess

Question 81

Incantations

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chants; verbal charms

Question 82

Guise

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manner or fashion

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Sanctity

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godliness or sacredness

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Propagate

Answer 84

publicize

Question 85

Emissary

Answer 85

messenger

Question 86

Abasement

Answer 86

a lowering in rank, office, or esteem

Question 87

Sooth

Answer 87

truth; reality

Question 88

Somniferous

Answer 88

hypnotic

Question 89

Vestment

Answer 89

a robe or ceremony or office

Question 90

Piety

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religious faithfulness

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Malice

Answer 91

ill will

Question 92

Latent

Answer 92

present but not visible or active; dormant

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Odious

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deserving of hatred

Question 94

Machination

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a scheming or crafty action

Question 95

Somnambulism

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Sleepwalking

Question 96

Dank

Answer 96

Cold and damp

Question 97

Expiation

Answer 97

atonement

Question 98

Defunct

Answer 98

Dead or inactive

Question 99

Scurrilous

Answer 99

grossly and offensively abusive

Question 100

Firmament

Answer 100

vault of the sky; heavens