The Scarlet Letter: Chapters 9 - 16

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  1. apothecary
    a health professional who prepares and dispenses drugs
  2. pharmacopoeia
    a collection or stock of drugs
  3. nether
    lower
  4. interposition
    the act of putting something between two things
  5. leech
    carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worm
  6. erudition
    profound scholarly knowledge
  7. divine
    a clergyman or other person in religious orders
  8. vilify
    spread negative information about
  9. decry
    express strong disapproval of
  10. conjurer
    someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience
  11. burdock
    any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs
  12. somniferous
    sleep inducing
  13. somnambulism
    walking by a person who is asleep
  14. catarrh
    inflammation of the nose and throat with increased production of mucus
  15. expiation
    compensation for a wrong
  16. atonement
    the act of making amends for sin or wrongdoing
  17. scurrilous
    expressing offensive, insulting, or scandalous criticism
  18. austerity
    excessive sternness
  19. obviate
    do away with
  20. gripe
    complain
  21. forthwith
    without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
  22. purport
    have the often misleading appearance of being or intending
  23. bravely
    in a courageous manner
  24. propinquity
    the property of being close together
  25. verdure
    green foliage
  26. sedulous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  27. deleterious
    harmful to living things
  28. five-finger
    any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties
  29. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  30. precocity
    intelligence achieved far ahead of normal development
  31. acuteness
    the quality of having a sharp edge or point
  32. enigma
    something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
  33. beneficence
    the quality of being kind or helpful or generous
  34. betimes
    in good time
  35. scrofula
    a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands
  36. wanted
    desired or wished for or sought
  37. prattle
    speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
  38. lamentation
    the passionate activity of expressing grief
  39. verge
    the limit beyond which something happens or changes
  40. haggard
    showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
Created on Mon Nov 08 21:52:57 EST 2010

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