Here are the vocabulary words I assembled for this post (many are from Scarlet Letter):
1. gimme - noun - in golf, the final short putt that a player is not required to take in informal play.
2. contumely - noun - insulting display of contempt in words or actions; contemptuous or humiliating treatment.
3. physiognomies - noun - the art of judging human character from facial features.
4. heterodox - adjective - not in accordance with established or accepted doctrines or opinions, especially in theology; unorthodox.
5. farthingale - noun - a hoop skirt or framework for expanding a woman's skirt, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
6. evanescent - adjective - vanishing; facing away; fleeting.
7. ignominy - noun - disgrace; dishonor; public contempt.
8. infinitesmal - adjective - indefinitely or exceeding small; minute.
9. jingoism - noun - the spirit, policy, or practice of jingoes; bellicose chauvinism.
10. Bohemian - noun - a person, as an artist or writer, who lives and acts free of regard for conventional rules and practices.
Yeah, I totally couldn't figure out that whole hyperlinking thing for this one...I'll make another attempt for the next post, however.
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