Scarlet Letter 4 Flashcards
(30 cards)
Inveterate
Firmly established, habitual; deep rooted
Inviolable
Secure from violation or from being profaned
Jocular
Jesting or joking
Jollity
Merriment, state of being jolly
Labyrinthine
Like a maze, very convoluted and intricate
Lament
To mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner
Languid
Slow, sluggish, listless, weak
Laud
To praise, to extol
Loquacious
Very talkative
Lurid
Sensational, gruesome and causing shock or horror
Magnate
A person of power and influence
Malefactor
A criminal
Malevolence
ill will or evil intentions
Malicious
Motivated by hate or deliberate intent to harm
Malleable
Capable of being shaped, influenced, or altered; tractable
Melancholy
Depression of spirits
Mirth
Gladness and merriment usually accompanied by laughter
Misanthrope
A hater of mankind
Mollify
To soothe or to appease, to assuage
Oblivion
State of being forgotten
Obscure
Difficult to see; vague
Obtuse
Dull of mind, insensitive, stupid
Obviates
Makes unnecessary; prevents as a result of anticipating
Odious
Deserving hate or contempt
