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The Scarlet Letter Vocabulary

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

The Scarlet Letter Vocabulary

Chapters 5-8

Vivify

verb; to renew life, animate

fain (archaic)

adj: willing (archaic)

Plebeian

adj: of the common people

Emolument

noun: advantage
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Contumaciously

adverb; stubbornly disobedient

Talisman

Noun: an object that has a miraculous/magical effect 

Imbue

verb: inspire or permeate with a feeling/quality
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Mutability

Noun: subject to change

caprice

noun: a whim

Enmity

noun: established hatred

Pristine

adj: uncorruptd by civilation

Cabalistic

adj: esoteric doctrine

Exigency

noun: a state of affairs that makes urgent demands

Expatiate

verb: to enlrage in discourse or writing
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Indefeasible

adj: not to be annulled or made void
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Mountebank

noun: charalatan; quack

Unobtrusive

adj: not conspicuous
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