Higgins/Kovacs
The Scarlet Letter
1. Erudition – (n.) – knowledge acquired by research
2. Vicissitude – (n.) – change in course of something
3. Abstruse – (adj.) – hard to understand
4. Imperious – (adj.) – domineering in a haughty manner
5. Efficacious – (adj.) – effective as a means or remedy
6. Inured – (v.) – to become accustomed to hardship or difficulty
7. Bane – (n.) – a person that ruins or spoils
8. Loquacity – (n.) – talkativeness
9. Sedulous – (adj.) – diligent ; persevering
10. Asperity – (n.) – harshness or sharpness of tone
11. Augured – (v.) – to divine or predict
12. Evanescent – (adj.) – vanishing; fading away
13. Contumaciously – (adv.) – willfully and obstinately disobedient
14. Adduced – (v.) – to bring forth in argument or as evidence
15. Averred – (v.) – to assert or affirm with confidence
Vocabulary