1. Vocabulary for The Scarlet Letter

2. extant

3. existing

4. pestilence

5. plague

6. vista

7. view

8. depravity

9. corruption

10. mountebank

11. “con” man; pretender

12. profane

13. unholy

14. scrupulous

15. conscientious

16. sagacity

17. wisdom

18. vilify

19. to slander

20. decorous

21. proper

22. bestow

23. to give

24. repose

25. rest

26. machination

27. plot; scheme

28. abase

29. to humble

30. pristine

31. unspoiled

32. to accost

33. to greet

34. propinquity

35. nearness

36. dexterity

37. skill

38. petulant

39. peevish

40. cadence

41. rhythm

42. to mollify

43. to soften; to pacify; to appease

44. vex

45. to annoy

46. to requite

47. to repay

48. probity

49. honesty

50. mien

51. manner

52. fortitude

53. courage

54. auditor

55. listener

56. venerable

57. respected

58. necromancer

59. sorcerer

60. petrified

61. hardened

62. transgressor

63. sinner

64. purport

65. meaning

66. visage

67. face

68. iniquity

69. wickedness; sin

70. to rankle

71. to irritate

72. fervor

73. zeal; enthusiasm

74. exhort

75. to incite; to urge

76. efficacy

77. effectiveness

78. retribution

79. punishment

80. progenitors

81. forefathers

82. emolument

83. income

84. concoct

85. to devise

86. insidious

87. treacherous; more dangerous than meets the eye

88. inopportune

89. inconvenient

90. to procure

91. to obtain

92. attire

93. clothing

94. revile

95. to scold

96. enmity

97. dislike

98. preternatural

99. strange

100. to caper

101. to skip