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Hypocrisy
Pretending to be what one is not of to believe what one does not believe.
Congenial
Pleasent: existing together harmoniously.
Perplexed
Filled with uncertainly
Vulnerable
Open to attack or damadge
Conformity
correasponding in form, manner, or character: acting in a specified standard or authority.
Rigidity
Stiffness or inflexibility
Impartial
Treating everyone equal: fair
Infamy
Evil reputation: being pubicly know as evil
Aloof
Removed or distant in feeling.
Competent
Having adequitic ability or qualities.
Predestined
Determined or decided before hand.
Alleviate
To make more bearable: partially removed or corrected.
Appease
To bring to a state of peace or calm: to cause to subside.
Atone
To make amends: to supply satisifaction for.
Evade
To avoid facing up to: avoid performance of.
Abhor
HATE
Iniquity
Gross injustice: wickedness.
Constrain
To restict the motion of: to hold back
Scourge
To whip: an instrument used for whipping.
Ignominious
Marked with or characterized by shame or disgrace "A".
Impropriety
The quality or state of being improper.
Demeanor
Behavior toward others: outward manner.
Allegory
A sybolic representation: sybolic fictional figures and actions taht reflect truths or generalization about human existence.
Ambiguity
Something that can be understood in 2 or more sense or ways.
Parable
A story told to teach a moral lesson.
Allusion
Reference to an earlier occurance: historical, biblical, literary.
Irony
Use of words or a situation to present the opposite meaning.
Paradox
A statement that may be true but seems to say 2 opposite things, a person or thing that seems to be full of contradictions.
Author
lmazurek
ID
41773
Card Set
Scarlet Letter
Description
Chapters 1-24 Vocabulary
Updated
2010-10-13T01:07:19Z
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