Vocabularyfor
The Scarlet Letter
extant
•existing
pestilence
•plague
vista
•view
depravity
•corruption
mountebank
•“con” man;•pretender
profane
•unholy
scrupulous
•conscientious
sagacity
•wisdom
vilify
•to slander
decorous
•proper
bestow
•to give
repose
•rest
machination
•plot; scheme
abase
•to humble
pristine
unspoiled
to accost
•to greet
propinquity
•nearness
dexterity
•skill
petulant
•peevish
cadence
•rhythm
to mollify
•to soften; to pacify; to appease
vex
•to annoy
to requite
•to repay
probity
•honesty
mien
•manner
fortitude
•courage
auditor
• listener
venerable
•respected
necromancer
•sorcerer
petrified
•hardened
transgressor
•sinner
purport
•meaning
visage
•face
iniquity
•wickedness; sin
to rankle
•to irritate
fervor
•zeal; enthusiasm
exhort
•to incite; to urge
efficacy
•effectiveness
retribution
•punishment
progenitors
•forefathers
emolument
• income
concoct
•to devise
insidious
•treacherous; more dangerous than meets the eye
inopportune
• inconvenient
to procure
•to obtain
attire
clothing
revile
•to scold
enmity
•dislike
preternatural
•strange
to caper
•to skip