The Scarlet Letter Vocab 1-8

A blessing on the righteous Colony of Massachusetts, where iniquity is dragged out into the sunshine! Here the word iniquity means

• awkwardness

• wickedness

• sacredness

• ignorance

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

He was small in stature, with a furrowed visage which, as yet, could hardly be termed aged. Here the word visage means

• mind

• visor

• face

• hood

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

Like all that pertains to crime, the jail never seemed to have known a youthful era. Here the phrase pertains to means

• concerns

• inclines

• seems

• explains

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

After a brief space, the convulsion grew almost imperceptible, and finally subsided...Here the word imperceptible means

• unmanageable

• violent

• senseless

• unnoticeable

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

Hester was constrained to rush toward the child-to pursue the little elf...here the word constrained means

• able

• compelled

• inclined

• situated

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 rust on the ponderous iron-work of its oaken door looked more antique than anything else in the New World. Here the word ponderous means

• hanging

• important

• heavy

• though through

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

Before this ugly edifice...was a grass plot. Here the word edifice means

• facial feature

• large building

• tomb

• cliff

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

For haughty as her demeanor was, she perchance underwent an agony from every footstep of those that thronged to see her...here the word haughty means

• humble

• high-born

• playful

• proud

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

In the previous sentence, the word demeanor means

• behavior or manner

• mood or feeling

• clothing or style of dress

• history or past

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

Yet these thoughts affected Hester Prynne less with hope than apprehension. Here the word apprehension means

• faith

• understanding

• anxiety

• surrender

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