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 edifice A large or impressive building

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 congenial existing together harmoniously; pleasant, agreeably suited to one’s nature, tastes, or outlook

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 impropriety The quality or state of being improper

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 flagrant Conspicuously bad or objectionable; outrageous, notorious

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 iniquity Shameful injustice; wickedness

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 fervor warm, steady intensity of feeling or expression

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 lurid causing horror or revulsion; gruesome

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 vengeance Punishment inflicted in return for an injury or offense; retribution

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 infamy Evil reputation brought about by something grossly criminal, shocking, or brutal

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 assimilate To take something in and make it part of and like the thing it has joined

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A   The Scarlet Letter Vocabulary, Ch. 5-8

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 commiserate To feel or express sorrow, compassion, or sympathy for; sympathize

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 talisman A ring or stone carved with symbols and believed to have magical power; a charm

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 caprice A sudden unpredictable change or turn; whim

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 dearth scarcity that makes dear, famine, lack

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 labyrinth something extremely complex or torturous, maze

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 ludicrous Amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity or incongruity

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 pristine Of or relating to the earliest period or condition; original, primitive esp. having the purity or freshness of an original state

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 relinquish To withdraw or retreat from, abandon

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 emaciate To cause to lose flesh so as to become very thin

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A   The Scarlet Letter Vocabulary, Ch. 9-11

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 delve To make a careful or detailed search for information

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 tumult Violent and disorderly commotion or disturbance with uproar and confusion

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 sanctity Holiness in life and character

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 deem To come to think or judge; to have an opinion

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 solace A relieving of grief or anxiety or a source of this

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 imp A small demon; a mischievous child

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 malice Ill will; the deliberate intention of doing unjustified harm for the satisfaction of doing it

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 odious Causing or deserving hatred or repugnance

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 machination A crafty scheme or plot usually intended to accomplish some evil end

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 impalpable Incapable of being felt by the touch, intangible; not readily discerned or understood

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A   The Scarlet Letter Vocabulary, Ch. 12-15

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 expiation The act of making atonement

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 defunct No longer living or existing

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 awry Turned or twisted toward one side; askew

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 malevolence Having or showing intense often vicious ill will toward others

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 ethereal Heavenly, delicate

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 chasm A deep cleft in the earth; a marked division, separation or difference

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 acquiesce To accept, agree, or comply silently or passively

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 retribution Something given in payment for an offense; punishment

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 enigma Something hard to understand or explain; puzzle

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 propensity A natural inclination or liking; bent

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A   The Scarlet Letter Vocabulary, Ch. 16-20

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 scintillate to perform brilliantly

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 invigorate to give life or energy to

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 consecrate to make or declare sacred, set apart for the service of god

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 breach violation of a law, duty, or tie

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 subjugate to force to submit to control, master

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 accost to approach and speak first to often in a challenging or aggressive way

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 mollify to soothe in temper or disposition

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 devout devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises

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 malignant evil in influence or effect; injurious

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 gratuitous not called for by the circumstances; unwarranted

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A   The Scarlet Letter Vocabulary, Ch. 21-24

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 tempestuous Stormy

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 sobriety the quality or state of being sober

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 indefatigable capable of working a long time without tiring

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 surmise to imagine or infer on slight grounds; guess

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 stigma a mark of shame or discredit; stain

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 remorse A deep regret arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs; self-reproach

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 repugnance Deep-rooted dislike; aversion, loathing

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 conjecture a conclusion reached by surmise or guesswork
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 bequeath to give or leave personal property by will

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 recluse marked by withdrawal from society; solitary

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