Scarlet Letter Vocabulary (Chapters 1-7)
Match the following vocabulary words or definitions to their appropriate word/definition, or fill in the blank in the sentence with the appropriate vocabular word from "The Scarlet Letter" chapters 1-7.
- 1.To go beyond or over a limit.
- A.
Auspicious
- B.
Transgress
- C.
Betoken
- D.
None of these
- 2.Leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal.
- A.
Abate
- B.
Behoove
- C.
Peremptory
- D.
Obstinate
- 3.a brazen or immoral woman
- A.
Hussy
- B.
Beadle
- C.
Papist
- D.
None of these
- 4.Personal dishonor or humiliation
- A.
Demeanor
- B.
Irk
- C.
Exhort
- D.
Ignominy
- 5.A Papist is ________.
- A.
An individual leaving England for religious freedom
- B.
A roman catholic
- C.
A preacher
- D.
A retired minister
- 6.Promising success; favorable
- A.
Auspicious
- B.
Edifice
- C.
Behoove
- D.
Betoken
- 7.Utopia is ______________.
- A.
The worst place imaginable
- B.
The name of the ship Hester Prynne arrived on
- C.
An ideally perfect place
- D.
Where catholics go when they die
- 8.Venerable means _____________.
- A.
An honest man/woman
- B.
Rich
- C.
A horrible person
- D.
Commanding respect because of great age
- 9.A former minor parish official in an English church
- A.
Papist
- B.
Beadle
- C.
Reverend
- D.
None of these
- 10.conforming to establish standards or proper behavior or manners
- A.
Obstinate
- B.
Irk
- C.
Propriety
- D.
Demeanor
- 11.Irk means _____________.
- A.
To irritate, annoy
- B.
To reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.
- C.
A burial vault
- D.
Personal dishonor or humiliation
- 12.Sepulcher means ______________.
- A.
A platform to stand on
- B.
A building, especially a large one
- C.
A burial vault
- D.
A roman catholic
- 13.to give evidence of; indicate
- A.
Auspicious
- B.
Betoken
- C.
Obstinate
- D.
Abate
- 14.extremely bad repuation
- A.
Demeanor
- B.
Obstinate
- C.
Infamy
- D.
None of these
- 15.Be appropriate or necessary
- A.
Behoove
- B.
Hussy
- C.
Exhort
- D.
Propriety
- 16.Abate is _________.
- A.
To go beyond or over a limit
- B.
Commanding respect
- C.
To irritate, annoy
- D.
To reduce in amount, degree, intesity, etc.
- 17.Edifice is ______________.
- A.
A building, especially a small one
- B.
A buidling, especially a large one
- C.
A burial vault
- D.
The steeple of top of a church
- 18.Exhort is _________________.
- A.
To urge strongly, advise earnestly
- B.
To sin in a great manner
- C.
To be excommunicated from a parish/village
- D.
None of these
- 19.The way a person behaves _____________.
- A.
Betoken
- B.
Demeanor
- C.
Venerable
- D.
Infamy
- 20.Obstinate is ______________.
- A.
Very easy to get along with
- B.
Following strict religious practices
- C.
Be open to suggestion
- D.
None of these
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