Scarlet Letter Flashcards
(20 cards)
A thing added to something else as a supplementary rather than an essential part
adjunct
An indicator or predictor of something. A leader as in desperate/violent undertaking
bellwether
Make a shrill howling or wailing noise
caterwaul
Existing only as the product of imagination. Absurd/ wildly/ fantastic/ impossible
chimerical
Lacking in energy/ worn out/ out of date
effete
A thing that has already happened or been decided/ an accomplished deed
fait accompli
unwilling or unable to change because of tradition or convention/ narrow-minded and rigid in opinions—conservative
hidebound
a system or an organization in which people or groups are ranked on above the other according to status or authority
hierarchy
A religious service or rite
Liturgy
Something illusory/ no basis in reality/ an optical phenomenon
Mirage
Low, wet, or soft ground; muddy or boggy area
Morass
Foul or having an extremely offensive smell; offensive/ disgusting/harmful
Noisome
Forgetful/ unaware about what is happening around one
Oblivious
An utter/ base coward
Poltroon
A convert/ disciple
Proselyte
Resembling something (partly or almost)
Quasi
Good-humored ridicule; teasing
Raillery
Irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or in decent in language
Ribald
Lying face upward/ apathetic or passive/listless or lethargic
Supine
A short description/ sketch (illustration with edges that gradually shade off; decorative design on title page/ beginning of a chapter)
Vignette
