Vocabulary • Ch 12 - The Scarlet Letter • Definitions

What word means to make a sound echo or bounce?

• persist

• foreboding

• whimsical

• reverberate

What is the definition of 'meteor'?

• Completely filled or abundantly supplied

• Having a desire to cause harm

• Not straight or not lined up correctly

• A bright streak of light in the sky

What is the definition of 'foreboding'?

• A bright streak of light in the sky

• To guess or make an educated guess

• Something that shows what might happen

• A feeling that something bad might happen

What word means to guess or make an educated guess?

• conjecture

• conceit

• portent

• whimsical

What word means having a desire to cause harm?

• meteor

• conjecture

• malevolent

• torrent

What is the definition of 'portent'?

• To hold and use a tool or weapon

• No longer in existence or operation

• Something that shows what might happen

• To make a sound echo or bounce

What word means to keep trying even when it's difficult?

• wield

• scanty

• defunct

• persist

What word means up until now?

• torrent

• defunct

• inextricable

• thus far

What word means to give a warning or scold someone?

• foreboding

• admonish

• malevolent

• whimsical

What word means not straight or not lined up correctly?

• foreboding

• askew

• admonish

• conjecture