Nathanial Hawthorne's "The Birthmark" Vocabulary/Synonyms

1. Eminent (adj.) – a well-known and respected person.

1.1. great

1.2. distinguished

2. Ineffaceably (adv.) – unable to be erased.

2.1. unforgettable

2.2. memorable

3. Ineludible (adj.) – inescapable.

3.1. inescapable

3.2. unavoidable

4. Apprised (v.) - inform or tell (someone).

4.1. inform

4.2. notify

5. Inexorably (adv.) – unchangeably; relentlessly; determinedly.

5.1. fiercely

5.2. determinedly

6. Tremulous (adj.) - shaking or quivering slightly.

6.1. shaky

6.2. tembling

7. Perpetuated (v.) - to cause (something that should be stopped, such as a mistaken idea or a bad situation) to continue.

7.1. maintain

7.2. continue

8. Intimated (v.) - imply or hint.

8.1. imply

8.2. affirm

9. Interminably (adv.) - being or seeming to be without an end; endless.

9.1. endlessly

9.2. forever

10. remonstrance (n.) – an expression of protest or complaint.

10.1. complaint

10.2. protest