Scarlet Letter Vocabulary

Cannot be doubted

• indubitable (adj.)

• brazen (adj.)

• visage (noun)

• lurid (adj.)

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

shamelessly bold

• brazen (adj.)

• ascetic (noun)

• aver (verb)

• erudition (noun)

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

the human face

• visage (noun)

• bane (noun)

• vestige (noun)

• verdure (noun)

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

gruesome and horrible

• lurid (adj.)

• scurrilous (adj.)

• bane (noun)

• brazen (adj.)

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

leaving no room for contradiction

• peremptory (adj.)

• panoply (noun)

• petulant (adj.)

• impute (verb)

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

a person who denies themselves of pleasures

• ascetic (noun)

• aver (verb)

• expiation (noun)

• precocity (noun)

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

stubbornly perverse or rebellious

• contumacious (adj.)

• commodious (adj.)

• transitory (adj.)

• inimical (adj.)

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

to assert or affirm with confidence

• aver (verb)

• propagate (verb)

• beseech (verb)

• stupefy (verb)

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

a curse of excommunication

• anathema (noun)

• visage (noun)

• vestige (noun)

• bane (noun)

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

a wide-ranging and impressive array

• panoply (noun)

• anathema (noun)

• erudition (noun)

• vestige (noun)

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4