Scarlet%20Letter%20Vocabulary

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Scarlet Letter Vocabulary

• List 2

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Incredulity

• disbelief, skepticism, doubt

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Inscrutable

• incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or
  scrutinized impenetrable.

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Mutability

• changeable, variable

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Enmity

• a feeling or condition of hostility hatred ill
  will animosity antagonism.

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Luster

• the state or quality of shining by reflecting
  light glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss

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Phantasmagoric

• a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or
  deceptive appearances, as in a dream or as
  created by the imagination

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Expatiating

• to enlarge in discourse or writing be copious in
  description or discussion

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Emaciated

• thin, wasted, puny, gaunt

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Mountebank

• any charlatan or quack.

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Chirurgical

• Surgical

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Visage

• he face, usually with reference to shape,
  features, expression, etc. countenance.

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Inimical

• unfriendly hostile

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Palliate

• to relieve or lessen without curing mitigate
  alleviate

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Expiation

• the means by which atonement or reparation is
  made.

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Defunct

• no longer in effect or use

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Decorous

• characterized by dignified propriety in conduct,
  manners, appearance, or character.

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Sere

• dry withered.

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Sedulous

• diligent in application or attention persevering.

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Deleterious

• injurious to health.

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Capricious

• subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or
  whim erratic