Scarlet Letter Chapter 1-2 Vocabulary List & Definitions

(a)   is a form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting baser metals into gold and with finding a universal solvent and an elixir of life.

• Alchemy
• Ponderous

• Pristine

• Impropriety

a._​ means of great weight; heavy; massive. a) Alchemy b) Ponderous c) Pristine d) Impropriety. (a)  

• Ponderous
• Pristine

• Impropriety

(a)   means having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.

• Alchemy

• Ponderous

• Pristine
• Impropriety

is the quality or condition of being improper; incorrectness.​ (a)  

• Inappropriate action

• Unethical conduct

• Misconduct
• Impropriety

: (a)   refers to the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character.

• Physiognomy
• Haughty

• Personage

• Ignominy

(a)   means disdainfully proud; scornfully arrogant; snobbish; supercilious. Options: a) Physiognomy b) Haughty c) Personage d) Ignominy. Answer: b) Haughty.

• Physiognomy

• Haughty
• Personage

• Ignominy

(a)   is a person of distinction or importance.

• Physiognomy

• Haughty

• Personage
• Ignominy

(a)   means disgrace; dishonor; public contempt.

• Ignominy
• Honor

• Contempt