Scarlet Letter 2 Flashcards

(54 cards)

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Indefeasable

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Not to be annulled or made void

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Expatiating

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Enlarging in discourse or writing.

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Requital

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Something given in return, compensation, or retaliation

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Emaciated

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To make very thin, as to lack of nutrition or to disease

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Retribution

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Punishment given in return for some wrong committed; judgment

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Appellation

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An identifying name or titlee

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Exemplary

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Worthy of imitation

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Sagacity

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Of keen mind; shrewd

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Abode

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Home, place of residence

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Commodiousness

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Comfortable or conveniently spacious; roomy

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Somniferous

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Hypnotic

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Somnambulism

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Sleepwalking

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Scurrilous

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Grossly and offensively abusive

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Jest

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Speak or act in a joking manner

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Zealously

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In am actively interested and enthusiastic manner

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Benign

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Not causing harm, lr gently disposition, beneficial

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Propensity

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An intense and often urgent natural inclination

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Transfiguration

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A change in appearance, usually exalted or glorified

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Obviated

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To see beforehand and dispose of; making unnecessary

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Remorse

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Long and bitter self-reproach for the wrongs one has done, esp. Those that cannot be made up for

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Acquiescing

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To accept or comply tacitly or passively

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Propinquity

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Nearness in place or time

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Sere

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Verdure

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Condition of health and vigor

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Sedulous
Diligent in application or pursuit
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Deleterious
Having a harmful effect
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Enigma
Something hard to understand or explain; mystery
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Asperity
Roughness of manner or of temper; harshness
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Imputed
Accredit; blame; fix a cause to
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Loquacity
Exceedingly talkative
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Despondency
Depression
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Contiguity
The quality or state of next or near in time or sequence
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Misanthropy
A hatred or distrust if mankind
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Satiating
To satisfy fully
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Extenuation
Making something appear less serious
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Hypocrite
Insincere person, falsely making oneself seem better
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Machination
A scheming or crafty action or artful design intended to accomplish some usually evil end
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Expiating
Making payment for some wrong, esp. By undergoing punishment
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Irrevocable
Unalterable; impossible to take back
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Solace
Alleviation of grief or anxiety
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Stigma
A mark of shame or discredit; stain
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Dryad
Wood nymph, a nature divinity in greek mythology
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Mollified
Soothed in temper or disposition
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Gesticulating
Making gestures especially when speaking
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Vicissitude
Unexpectedly changing circumstances
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Jocularity
Characterized by joking
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Contiguous
Having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching
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Necromancy
Conjuring up the dead, especially for proohesying
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Repugnance
Intense aversion
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Celestial
Relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven
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Tumult
Uproar and confusion; commotion, riot
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Nugatory
Having no force; inoperative
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Antipathy
A dislike, distaste, or enmity
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Escutcheon
A protective or ornamental shield