The Scarlet Letter Vocabulary
The Scarlet Letter Vocabulary
*This list is to help you with your reading of the novel. You do not need to memorize the
words.
T he C ustom House
Decorous ¡À proper
Prolix ¡À wordy
Bar k ¡À boat
E difice ¡À building
T ruculence ¡À cruelty
Ranking ¡À irritating
Discern ¡À perceive
V enerable ¡À respected; sacred
Besom ¡À broom
L audable ¡À worthy of praise
Natal ¡À native
T empestuous ¡À stormy
T enacity ¡À persistence
Indolent ¡À lazy
V icissitude ¡À wavering; ups and downs
Torpid ¡À sluggish
Sagaciously ¡À wisely
O btuseness ¡À unclearness
V igilance ¡À watchfulness
A lacrity ¡À readiness; eagerness
E ulogium ¡À a statement of praise
Paternal ¡À fatherly
Mouldering ¡À rotting
Dotage ¡À old age
F lorid ¡À ruddy; rosy
H ale ¡À hearty; healthy
Impalpable ¡À unable to be touched
Gourmandism ¡À deep appreciation of fine food and drink
V itiated ¡À impaired; made ineffective
E xpatiate ¡À to speak at length
Unmalleable ¡À unchangeable
Polemical ¡À controversial
M artial ¡À war-like
E vanescent ¡À tending to vanish
Uncouth ¡À awkward
Stalwart ¡À strong
Dexterity ¡À skill; deftness
Esoteric ¡À limited to a small circle
Impunity ¡À freedom from punishment
E xhorted ¡À urged
F ilial ¡À family-related
T raversing ¡À walking
Unobtrusive ¡À out of the way; hardly noticeable
F athomed ¡À understood; measured
E nervating ¡À draining
Ignominiously ¡À dishonorably; degradingly
L ucubrations ¡À studies
A ppellations ¡À names or titles
C h. 1
Utopia ¡À place or state of political or social perfection
A llot ¡À to divide or distribute in shares
Sepulchers ¡À burial vaults
Ponderous ¡À weighty
Congenial ¡À pleasant, friendly
Inauspicious ¡À not prosperous or promising
C h. 2
Physiognomies ¡À facial features held to show qualities of mind or character by their
configuration or expression
A ugured ¡À foretold
Indubitably ¡À unquestionably
A ntinomian ¡À one who rejects a socially established morality
H eterodox ¡À holding unorthodox opinions or doctrine
Scourged ¡À subjected to sever criticism
Infamy ¡À fame for something evil
F arthingale ¡À a support worn beneath a skirt to expand it a the hip line
Rotundity ¡À roundness
Behoof ¡À advantage
T row ¡À believe
A bashed ¡À embarrassed
Sumptuary ¡À designed to regulate habits on moral or religious grounds
Gentility ¡À the upper class
E vanescent ¡À tending to vanish, like vapor
Ignominy ¡À disgraceful or dishonorable conduct, quality, or action
B razen ¡À bold
Meridian ¡À midday; noon
Iniquity ¡À wickedness
V isage ¡À face
M ien ¡À appearance; aspect
Countenances ¡À looks; expressions
Preternatural ¡À exceeding what is natural
Remonstrance ¡À objections
C loister ¡À area within a monastery
E tymologist ¡À one who studies word derivations
C h. 3
F ur rows ¡À wrinkles
H eterogeneous ¡À different in kind
A bate ¡À to put an end to or lessen
Sojourn ¡À a temporary stay
E xpound ¡À to explain in detail
Peradventure ¡À perhaps
H alberds ¡À weapons consisting of a battle ax and a pike mounted on a long handle
Sagacity ¡À shrewdness
O bstinacy ¡À stubbornness
Fervor ¡À intensity; passion
L urid ¡À gruesome; sensational
C h. 4
Sagamores ¡À subordinate chiefs of the Algonquin Indians
A menable ¡À willing to yield; agreeable
Preemptory ¡À leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal
A lchemy ¡À power or process of transforming something common into something precious
Paramour ¡À lover
C h. 5
V ivify ¡À to make likely; to animate
Assimilate ¡À to be absorbed into the dominant cultural tradition
Progenitors ¡À forefathers
Plebian ¡À of the common people
E moluments ¡À advantages
Contumaciously ¡À stubbornly disobedient; rebellious
C h. 6
E fficacy ¡À effectiveness
M utability ¡À changeableness
C aprice ¡À whim
Infantile ¡À characteristic infants; babyish
Dearth ¡À scarcity; lack
Gesticulation ¡À expression through gestures
E nmity ¡À established hatred
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