Scarlet Letter Vocab 1 Flashcards
(31 cards)
n. burial or grave
sepulchre
adj. vanishing; fleeting; passing away
evanescent
n. the face; facial features; indicative of character
physiognomy
n. disgrace, dishonor, public shame, a loss of reputation
ignominy
n. perspective
mien
adj. ghostly relating to spirits
spectral
adj. ghost-like, illusionary
phantasmagoric
n. the act of reasoning with a person in opposition to his conduct; dissuasion
expostulation
n. the doctrine, study and practice of chemistry
alchemy
adj. glad; ready; to wish or desire
fain
an ancestor in direct line; forefather
progenitor
common, one of common people, lower class
plebian
aid, help, assistance
succor
a curse, anything devoted to evil
anathemas
whim, fancy
caprice
to adorn; especially to adorn in a cheap showy manner
bedizen
a stock of drugs
pharmacopeia
to propose; to offer for consideration; to put forward
propound
hidden; concealed
abstruse
delicate; airy; light; heavenly
ethereal
to walk in sleep, to wander in a trance-like state
somnambulate
an officer of the church
sexton
kind; generous
benign
constant, steady
sedulous
