The Scarlet Letter Vocab

Question 1

Decorous

Answer 1

Characterized by dignified propriety

Question 2

Propriety

Answer 2

Appropriateness, rightness to the purpose or circumstance

Question 3

Sagacious

Answer 3

Having or based on profound knowledge or good judgement

Question 4

Alacrity

Answer 4

Cheerful, readiness, promptness, willingness, aliveness, briskness

Question 5

Fervent

Answer 5

Having or showing great warmth of intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm etc

Question 6

Torpid

Answer 6

Inactive or sluggish, slow

Question 7

Mirth

Answer 7

Gladness, jollity, laughter

Question 8

Palpable

Answer 8

Readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, obvious, evident, or tangible

Question 9

Esoteric

Answer 9

Understood by only a select few

Question 10

Propensity

Answer 10

An often intense natural inclination or preference

Question 11

Opaque

Answer 11

1. Not transparent or translucent, impenetrable to light

2. Hard to understand

Question 12

Alchemist

Answer 12

A person who practices alchemy, which is the forerunner of chemistry that’s based on the transformation of metals into gold

Question 13

Penitence

Answer 13

The quality of being sorrowful for sins or fault

Question 14

Labyrinth

Answer 14

1. Maze

2. Bewilderingly complicated

Question 15

Auspicious

Answer 15

Showing of suggesting that future success is likely

Question 16

Obtrusive

Answer 16

Undecidedly prominent

Question 17

Despondency

Answer 17

Depression, hopelessness

Question 18

Erudite

Answer 18

Characterized by great knowledge; scholarly wisdom

Question 19

Ethereal

Answer 19

Light, airy, delicate, refined, heavenly, implies you can’t touch it

Question 20

Import

Answer 20

Relative importance, significance

Question 21

Venerable

Answer 21

Honored, revered

Question 22

Precipice

Answer 22

A very steep cliff

The brink of something dangerous

Question 23

Estranged

Answer 23

Alienated, separated

Question 24

Vicissitude

Answer 24

A passing of one thing to another, a change of luck

Question 25

Decorum

Answer 25

Appropriate conduct

Question 26

Gratuitous

Answer 26

Given freely, unwarranted

Question 27

Jocularity

Answer 27

Jesting, joking

Question 28

Audacity

Answer 28

Excessively bold, daring, rash

Question 29

Propinquity

Answer 29

Nearness of closeness, kinship

Question 30

Ignominy

Answer 30

Disgraceful of dishonorable conduct

Question 31

Impugn

Answer 31

To assail or attack ones honor or integrity

Question 32

Capricious

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Changing suddenly, fickle

Question 33

Deleterious

Answer 33

Harmful, dangerous

Question 34

Dearth

Answer 34

A lack or scarcity

Question 35

Imbibe

Answer 35

To absorb or drink in

Question 36

Formidable

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Causing fear, apprehension or dread

Question 37

Abate

Answer 37

To reduce in degree amount or intensity

Question 38

Affinity

Answer 38

Likeness, a natural relationship, kinship

Question 39

Amenable

Answer 39

Open to or willing to follow advice or suggestions

Question 40

Antipathy

Answer 40

A dislike or distaste

Question 41

Benign

Answer 41

Not causing harm, of gentle disposition

Question 42

Predilections

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A special liking or bias

Question 43

Primeval

Answer 43

Belonging to the first or earlier age

Question 44

Placid

Answer 44

Severely free of instruction or disturbance

Question 45

Portent

Answer 45

An indication that something is going to happen, an omen

Question 46

Tome

Answer 46

A large scholarly book

Question 47

Contentious

Answer 47

Likely to cause disagreement or argument

Question 48

Malevolence

Answer 48

The state of being evil towards others

Question 49

Precocious

Answer 49

Exceptionally early in mental development

Question 50

Exigent

Answer 50

Requiring or calling for much or immediate attention

Question 51

Gaunt

Answer 51

Excessively thin and looks sickly

Question 52

Pallor

Answer 52

Unusual or extreme paleness from fear, ill health or deathness

Question 53

Arduous

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Requiring great exertion, laborious

Question 54

Augur

Answer 54

An official I charge of interpreting | Fortune telling

Question 55

Implicit

Answer 55

Understood or implied

Question 56

Benevolent

Answer 56

Marked by or organized for doing good | Disposition to do good or an act of kindness

Question 57

Depravity

Answer 57

A corrupt act or practice