Vocabulary • Ch 12 - The Scarlet Letter • Fill in the blanks

The sound of her laughter _________d through the entire room.

• askew

• wield

• admonish

• reverberate

The _________ streaked across the night sky, leaving a trail of bright light behind it.

• admonish

• inextricable

• conjecture

• meteor

A sense of _________ washed over her as she entered the old, dark house.

• thus far

• foreboding

• conceit

• portent

She made a _________ about the outcome of the experiment.

• portent

• torrent

• foreboding

• conjecture

The _________ dictator oppressed his people with cruel and unjust laws.

• admonish

• scanty

• malevolent

• reverberate

The dark clouds gathering in the sky served as a _________ of an impending storm.

• scanty

• portent

• conceit

• defunct

Despite facing numerous obstacles, she continued to _________ in achieving her goals.

• scanty

• persist

• admonish

• replete

We have made great progress in our project, but there is still more work to be done.

• persist

• thus far

• excursion

• conceit

The teacher had to _________ the students for talking during class.

• malevolent

• portent

• conjecture

• admonish

The picture frame hung _________ on the wall.

• askew

• thus far

• whimsical

• replete