Scarlet Letter Vocab Flashcards by Meghan Knobbe

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Edifice

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A large, usually impressive building

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Throng

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A great number of persons crowded together

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Utopia

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A place or state of political or social perfection

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Expound

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To explain in careful and elaborate detail

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Ignominious

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Shameful

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Contumaciously

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Stubbornly disobedient, rebellious

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Enmity

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Established hatred

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Imperious

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Commanding, dominant

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Benevolence

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Desiring to do good to others

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Pious

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Of or pertaining to religious devotion

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Mirth

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Gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter

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Odious

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Exciting or deserving hatred or repugnance

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Gibe

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To tease with taunting words

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Petulant

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Insolent or rude in speech or behavior

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Loquacity

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Exceedingly talkative

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Consecration

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The act of making or declaring something sacred

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Accosting

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Address, greeting

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Mollified

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Soothed in temper or disposition

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Stigma

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A mark of shame or discredit: stain