Scarlet Letter Vocabulary

Front

transitory (adj.)

Back

lasting a very short time.

Front

inextricable (adj.)

Back

incapable of being undone or solved.

Front

aver (verb)

Back

to assert or affirm with confidence.

Front

visage (noun)

Back

the human face.

Front

commodious (adj.)

Back

large and roomy.

Front

petulant (adj.)

Back

childishly sulky or bad-tempered.

Front

deleterious (adj.)

Back

causing harm or damage.

Front

beseech (verb)

Back

to ask someone urgently and fervently to do something.

Front

propagate (verb)

Back

to spread and promote an idea, theory, etc.

Front

stupefy (verb)

Back

to make someone unable to think or feel properly.