Vocabulary • Ch 11 - The Scarlet Letter • Definitions

What word means very light, delicate, or heavenly?

• hypocrite

• presentiment

• omniscient

• ethereal

What word means to make someone leave or kick out?

• antipathy

• expel

• abhor

• defile

What word means friendly and easy to get along with?

• defile

• introspection

• amiable

• machinations

What is the definition of 'grisly'?

• A set of beliefs or teachings

• Very scary or horrifying

• To make someone leave or kick out

• To hate or detest something very much

What is the definition of 'hypocrite'?

• Something that is hidden or undeveloped

• To make someone leave or kick out

• Someone who says one thing but does another

• A set of beliefs or teachings

What word means secret plans or schemes to trick someone?

• doctrine

• abhor

• balk

• machinations

What word means looking inside your mind and feelings?

• ethereal

• abhor

• introspection

• expel

What word means a set of beliefs or teachings?

• omniscient

• odious

• doctrine

• abhor

What is the definition of 'abhor'?

• To hate or detest something very much

• To refuse or hesitate to do something

• To make something dirty or impure

• Difficult to understand or comprehend

What is the definition of 'balk'?

• To refuse or hesitate to do something

• Knowing everything about everything all the time

• Very light, delicate, or heavenly

• Looking inside your mind and feelings