Scarlet Letter 2

Question 1

Deleterious

Answer 1

Harmful; dangerous; injurious

Question 2

Depravity

Answer 2

Moral corruption, a wicked or perverse act

Question 3

Derision

Answer 3

Scoffing at, mockery, ridicule

Question 4

Despondency

Answer 4

Depression; dejection

Question 5

Despotic

Answer 5

Ruling oppressively and absolutely; tyrannical

Question 6

Discern

Answer 6

To differentiate between 2 or more things

Question 7

Duplicity

Answer 7

Double-dealing, hypocrisy

Question 8

Edifice

Answer 8

A very large building

Question 9

Effervescent

Answer 9

Showing high spirits

Question 10

Endow

Answer 10

To provide with income or property, to supply with a talent or quality

Question 11

Enmity

Answer 11

Absolute hatred

Question 12

Entreaty

Answer 12

To plea, an earnest request

Question 13

Enumerate

Answer 13

To count one by one

Question 14

Erudite

Answer 14

Scholarly

Question 15

Esoteric

Answer 15

Understood only by a small group or a select few

Question 16

Estrange

Answer 16

To alienate, to separate

Question 17

Ethereal

Answer 17

Heavenly, unusually delicate, light, lacking material substance, intangible

Question 18

Eulogy

Answer 18

Praise or tribute

Question 19

Evanescent

Answer 19

Fleeting; impermanent

Question 20

Exigent

Answer 20

Urgent, requiring immediate attention