Vocabulary

**Scarlet Letter Vocabulary**
ch 5-Uncongenial (adj); 1.Not compatible or sympathetic, as in character. 2.Not appropriate; unsuitable. 3.Not pleasing; disagreeable. "...still so uncongenial to every other pilgrim and wanderer," (72) ch6-imp (n); 1. A mischievous child 2. A small mischievous devil or sprite. "An imp of evil, emblem and product of sin..." (84).
 * Dorothy:**

ch 1- vicinity (n); area or surrounding of a particular place; "... the first prison house, somewhere in the vicinity of Cornhill,"(42) ch 2- augur (v); to predict a good or bad outcome; "... good people would have augured some awful business hand" (44) ch 3- iniquity (n); immoral or grossly unfair behavior; "it irks me,..., that the partner of her iniquity..." (57) ch 4- peremptory (adj); absolutely necessary, leaving no chance for denial or refusal; "...,made it of peremptory necessity to postpone" (64) ch 5- vivify (v); enliven or animate; "... they might vivify and embody their images of point" (71) ch 6- dexterity (n); skill with performing tasks, typically that require hands; "its natural dexterity in the use of all its untried limbs" (81)
 * Mary Buckingham:**

ch. 1 - __inauspicious__ (adj): not helpful for success; ominous, portentous, sinister or threatening. "...our narrative, which is about to issue from that //inauspicious// portal, we could hardly do otherwise than pluck one of its flowers and present it to the reader."(43). ch. 2 - __physiognomies__ (n,pl): faces or countenances, esp. when considered as indicators of character/qualities. "...the bearded //physiognomies// of these good people would have augured some awful business in hand."(44). ch. 3 - __tremulous__ (adj): characterized as trembling, as from fear, nervousness or weakness. "The trying nature of his position drove the blood from his cheek, and made his lips //tremulous//."(60). ch. 4 - __perpetrate__ (v): to commit or to present, execute or do in a poor or tasteless manner. "Hester Prynne...demanded constant watchfulness, lest she should //perpetrate// violence on herself..."(63). ch. 5 - __ignominy__ (n): disgrace, dishonor or public contempt. "The very law that condemned her...had held her up, through the terrible ordeal of her //ignominy//."(70). ch. 6 - __placidity__ (n): a feeling of calmness; a quiet and undisturbed feeling. "Her only real comfort was when the child lay in the //placidity// of sleep."(84).
 * Sarah Sechler:**

Ch. 5 -__plebeian__(adj): of or belonging to the commoners of ancient Rome. "...laws forbade these and similar extravagances to the plebeian order" (74). Ch. 5 -__ulcerated__(v): develop into or become affected by an ulcer. "...that fell upon sufferer's defenceless breast like a rough blow upon an ulcerated wound" (76)
 * Marissa MacDonald**


 * Vocabulary from Let the //Great World Spin//:**
 * Write down the word in bold next to the number. Follow with part of speech, definition, sentence and page number from the book. Conclude with your first name and last initial.**

//**Example:**//
 * Gauntlet** (n) "The walker passed on through the gauntlet across the plaza" (243) **Dorothy Hastings**
 * 1) A stout glove with a long loose writs
 * 2) Go through an intimidating or dangerous crowd, place, or experience in order to reach a goal
 * fulcrum**: noun; support/point of rest/ on which a lever turns in moving weight;" A kid in a sleeveles shirt spun on a peice of cardboard, hsi shoulder somehow a fulcrum for his whole body." pg 23 Mrs. J


 * Immemorial-** adjective; extending back beyond memory. record, or knowledge. "Oh, I'm getting to know the immemorial feelings." page. 27. Lauren Thomas


 * Idiopathic:**adj;arising spontaneously or from an obscure or unknown cause; [Talking about Corrigan's blood disease] "It's idiopathic, you know, they don't know what causes it,"pg **49 ASHLEY ARCIDIACONO**
 * modicum:** noun; a moderate or small amount; "His face was a more stately chambers now, and he was treated with a modicum of more respect." pg 250 Mary B
 * Corrugate: verb; to draw or bend into folds or alternate furrows and ridges; "When the tide was out, the stretch of sand was corrugated and sometimes it was possible to walk a quarter-mile among isolated waterpools and bits of old refuse, long shaver shells, bedstead pipes." pg 12 Natalie Hussey**


 * nonchalant:** adjective; coolly unconcerned, indifferent, unexcited; casual; "...like a wounded thing waiting to be reached, and now the cable at his feet made sense to everyone, and whatever else it was there would be no chance they could pull away now, no morning coffee, no conference room cigarette, no **nonchalant** carpet shuffle..." pg 7 Emma Pachon


 * lacquered:** n. any various resinous varnishes, especially a resinous varnish obtained from a Japanese tree; "...she raised the lacquered wing of the piano, spread her dress out at the wooden stool, and tried to copy the piece through from memory : jazz riffs and Irish ballads and, if wr found the right station, old Hoagy Carmicheal tunes." pg 4 Selena Horner
 * girder:** n. a large iron steel beam or compound structure used for building bridges in the framework of large buildings. "Girders in strange shapes"(Mccann 320). Marissa MacDonald
 * Righteous:** adj. Chararcterized by uprightness or morality. "Nothing's righteous." pg.222 Sara Joosten

1.translucently clear 2. lucid in meaning or style "There was a smattering of hair across his scalp, but his eyes were a pellucid blue" (McCann 19). --Sarah Horan
 * Flummoxed**: verb (used with object); to bewilder; confound; confuse "Both of us were flummoxed by what was traveling between us." pg. 152, Emily Stoll
 * PELLUCID**- adjective


 * Pabulum:** n.
 * 1)** a substance that gives nourishment; food
 * 2)** insipid (tasteless, bland) intellectual nourishment

//"I felt the urge to tell Blaine that I had in fact spent my whole life really loving the Nixon boy in the wheelchair, and that it had all//