One of my favorite "classic" novels is The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. If you haven't read it, ask for it at a local library and make it your "end-of-summer" reading!
SpellingCity.com has a vocabulary list for this novel that has words that everyone should know (even those who haven't read the book). Your task for today is to visit that word list, pick out 2 words that you don't know, look them up in an online dictionary (found here) and then to post each word & its definition.
The Scarlet Letter vocabulary list can be found by clicking here.
Have fun! :-)
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WORDS FROM "THE SCARLET LETTER"
These are two uncommon words that are Not used
in everyday language,and their definitions
Efficacy: The power to produce desired effect.
Imbibe:To absorb or take in as if by drinking
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Unfamiliar words from "The Scarlett Letter"
Efficacy - the power to produce an effect
Imbibe - to receive in the mind and retain
Malefactor - One who commits an offense against the law; one who does ill toward another
Leonie Florestal
Mirlene
Acai: A small dark purple fleshy berry like fruit of a tall slender palm.
Green collar: relating to or involving actions for protecting the natural environment.
Misalette A shortened form of a missal.
Naproxen: Antiinflamatory drugs
repugnance - fact of being inconsistent
talisman - an object to act as a charm and bring good fortune.
Melissa Lobsinger
Unfamiliar words from "The Scarlett Letter"
Abash - make somebody ashamed, embarrassed or uncomfortable.
Feign - to make a show or pretense of something, to make up or fabricate something.
Roxana A.
August 24, 2009 4:03 pm
Two words previously unknown to my knowledge that I feel may be useful:
Repugnance-the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent
Imbibe- to receive into the mind and retain
-Brad B.
Two words that I am not familiar with are as follows:
Imbibe - To receive into the mind and retain.
Abash - To destroy the self-possesion or self-confidence.
Allison.
I like the word talisman because it means: something that acts as a charm. (A synonym would be amulet.) I decided to pick "scarlet" because it's an interesting word that means: Brilliant red, inclining to orange. And "Scarlet Letter" was a scarlet A. A badge of shame, which women convicted of adultery were once compelled to wear.
Rosa F.
Sandra H.
Sandra H
Unfamiliar words from "The Scarlett Letter".
imbibe:to absorb or soak up, as water, light, or heat: Plants imbibe moisture from the soil.
feign:to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of: She was one to feign sickness.
I pick up from the list two words :"abash" and "feign" because these words is not sound commmun.
Abash- ( verb) means embarrased. The synonymus are: confuse, disconfort, fluster, and mortify.
Feign- (verb) means pretend, assume.To give a false appearance. Now a learnd two words more for my vocabulary...
Spelling Words from The Scarlet Letter:
1) Abash: Cause to bebarrassed; cause to self-conscious
2) Delude: Be false to;
be dishonest with
Mina Robles
Two unfamiliar words that I have chosen are:
1. Malefactor: (a) one who commits an offense against the law, especially felon. (b) one who does ill towards another.
2. Talisman: (a) Anobject held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune. (b) Something producing apparently magical or miraculous effects.
Deidra W.
Two words I did not know:
requite - to make suitable return for a benefit, or service, or for an injury.
imbibe - to receive into the mind and retain; to assimilate or take into solution.
Karla Banton
The two words I picked from the list are:
Incredulous- unwillign to admit or accept what is offered as true.
Superfluous- exceeding what is sufficiant or nessesary; not needed.
I found pronunciation of both of these words to be interesting.
Lia Muth
The words I am not use or not common for me is: "niche" ( noun)and mean a job or activity that is perfect for the skills,abilities and character that you have. Another world I find is Grandeur is : Impressive beauty,powe ror size..
Two words that were new to me from The Scarlett Letter are:
Superfluous- defined as Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary.
Feign- defined meaning to give a false appearance of: induce as a false impression.
SHENEA WALKER
The two words that I didn't know until now are listed below.
1. malefactor: a person who violates the law; criminal.
2. imbibe: to take or receive into the mind, as knowledge, ideas, or the like: to imbibe a sermon.
Abbey P.
1. efficacy-capacity for producing a desired result or effect; effectiveness.
2. apprehension-anticipation of adversity or misfortune; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil.
Abbey P.
I found several words that I didn't know. Below, I listed two of them with the meaning. The first one is
Increduluos -unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true.
Superfluous -running over, overflow;exceeding what is sufficient or necessary.
Angela
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