Practice Vocabulary Test, The Scarlet Letter
Match the letter of the correct term with its corresponding definition.
a. ponderous
b. edifice
c. inauspicious
d. heterodox
e. venerable
f. iniquity
g. ignominious
h. haughty
i. preternaturally
j. remonstrance
k. visage
l. heterogeneous
m. sagacity
n. mien
o. tremulous
p. pervaded
q. amenable
r. peremptory
s. efficacy
t. requital
u. expostulation
v. feigned
w. inscrutable
x. inquisitorial
y. talisman
z. mutability
aa. caprice
bb. malicious
cc. inviolable
dd. cabalistic
____ 1. Proud in a disdainful way; arrogant
____ 2. Undeniable; final; absolute
____ 3. A whim; a sudden change of mind
____ 4. Mysterious; incapable of being understood
____ 5. A building, esp. a large imposing one
____ 6. Of different origins; not of the same kind
____ 7. Supernaturally
____ 8. Wickedness
____ 9. Pretended
____10. Having to do with a mystical interpretation of scriptures developed in the Middle Ages
____11. Indestructible
____12. Quivering; trembling
____13. Very heavy; massive
____14. An objection; a peal of protest
____15. A person’s manner or bearing
____16. Impressive because of age or reputation
____17. An object with magic power; a charm
____18. Something given in return
____19. Sternly prying
____20. Wisdom
____21. Shameful; humiliating
____22. Not favorable; not promising
____23. Spiteful; intentionally harmful
____24. Spread throughout
____25. Unorthodox
____26. Face; facial features
____27. Responsive; willing to submit
____28. Changeableness
____29. An objection
____30. Effectiveness
Match the letter of the correct term with its corresponding definition.
a. panoply
b. expatiating
c. imbibes
d. adduced
e. vindicate
f. parochial
g. emaciated
h. emissary
i. propagate
j. imbued
k. machinations
l. veneration
m. ethereal
n. somnambulism
o. torpid
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p. pristine
q. accosted
r. malignant
s. beneficence
t. loquacity
u. consecration
v. solace
w. choleric
x. vicissitude
y. obeisance
z. effervescence
aa. depredations
bb. indefatigable
cc. apotheosized
dd. conjectural
Saturated
Without sensation; sluggish
Explaining in great detail
To breed as in thought or deed
Doing good; kindness
Quick-tempered
A complete set of armor
Sleepwalking
Talkativeness
Pure; unspoiled
Acts of robbery or plundering
Based on guesswork
Holiness; sacredness
Not earthly
To lay claim to; to maintain
Stated as reasons
Abnormally lean, as from an illness
Schemes of evil intent
Consolation; comfort
Untiring
An unforeseeable change
Drinks or takes in
Profound respect
High-spiritedness
Glorified; idealized
Approached and spoke to
Having to do with affairs of the parish (church)
Likely to cause death
A person sent on a special mission; agent
A respectful attitude; deference