The Scarlet Letter Vocab Chap II
Terms
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- physiognomies
- faces; facial features
- indubitably
- unquestionably
- Antinomian
- member of a Christian sect holding unorthodox beliefs
- heterodox
- unorthodox
- venerable
- impressive b/c of age or reputation
- farthingale
- hoop skirt
- purport
- meaning
- behoof
- interest; benefit
- gossips
- good friends
- trow
- to believe; to think
- brave
- bold
- town beadle
- minor official of the court
- sumptuary
- intended to regulate extravagance
- iniquity
- wickedness
- ignominious
- shameful; humiliating
- perchance
- possibly
- haughty
- arrogant
- rankles
- causes pain
- serene
- calm; peaceful
- pillory
- device where prisoner is locked and exposed to public humiliation
- ignominy
- shame, disgrace
- gripe
- a hold, a grip
- Papist
- a Roman Catholic (derogatory)
- personages
- people of distinction
- inferred
- drawn as conclusion
- contumely
- insulting rudeness; scorn
- disdainful
- scornful
- preternaturally
- supernaturally
- phantasmagoric
- of a rapidly changing series of images
- remonstrance
- objection; protest
- cloister
- monastery or convent