Vocabulary+within+the+novel

together. “ A ** THRONG ** of bearded men’’
====  2. EDIFICE: Black-(PG. 41) (blue pg 45 )N-a large, usually impressive building. (structure) “ was assembled in front of a wooden ** edifice **, the door of which was heavily timbered with oak, and studded with iron spikes ** ’’  ** ==== ====   3. UTOPIA: Black-(PG. 41) (blue pg 45)N-a place or state of political or social perfection. Comes from a novel by Sir Thomas Moore about a perfect society.(paradise) “  whatever ** Utopia ** of human virtue and happiness they might originally project’’   ==== ====  4. ALLOT: Black-(PG. 41)(blue pg 45) to divide or distribute in shares. “ have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to ** allot ** a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery’’   ====

5. SEASONABLE: Black-(PG. 41)(blue pg 45) timely or opportune. “ almost as ** seasonably ** as they marked out the first burial-ground’’
====  6. SEPULCHRES: Black-(PG. 41)(blue pg 45) N-a burial vault built of rock or stone. (tomb) “ first burial-ground, on Isaac Johnson's lot, and round about his grave, which subsequently became the nucleus of all the congregated ** sepulchers ** in the old church-yard of King's Chapel ** ’’  ** ==== ====   7. PONDEROUS: Black-(PG. 41)(blue pg 46) weighty or clumsy. “ The rust on the ** ponderous ** iron-work of its oaken door looked more antique than anything else in the New World. Like all that pertains to crime, it seemed never to have known a youthful era’’  ==== ====  8. CONGENIAL: Black-(PG. 42)(blue pg 46) pleasant, friendly. “ Before this ugly edifice, and between it and the wheel-track of the street, was a grass-plot, much overgrown with burdock, pig-weed, apple-peru, and such unsightly vegetation, which evidently found something ** congenial ** in the soil that had so early borne the black flower of civilized society, a prison.’’   ==== ====   9. INAUSPICIOUS: Black-(PG. 42) (blue pg 46) ADJ-not prosperous. “Finding it so directly on the threshold of our narrative, which is now about to issue from that ** inauspicious **  portal, we could hardly do otherwise than pluck one of its flowers, and present it to the reader.’’    ==== ====  10. PORTAL: Black-(PG. 42) (blue pg 46) a doorway of imposing appearance. “Finding it so directly on the threshold of our narrative, which is now about to issue from that inauspicious  ** portal ** , we could hardly do otherwise than pluck one of its flowers, and present it to the reader.’’    ====

CHAPTER TWO
====  11. PHYSIOGNOMIES: Black-(PG. 43)(blue pg 47) the facial features held to show qualities of mind or character by their configuration or expression. “  the grim rigidity that petrified the bearded ** physiognomies ** of these good people would have augured some awful business in hand.  ”    ==== ====   12. AUGURED: Black-(PG. 43) (blue pg 47)V-foretold. (predicted) “ the grim rigidity that petrified the bearded physiognomies of these good people would have ** augured ** some awful business in hand.”   ==== ====  13. BETOKENED: Black-(PG. 43) (blue pg 47)given evidence of. “ It could have ** betokened ** nothing short of the anticipated execution of some noted culprit, on whom the sentence of a legal tribunal had but confirmed the verdict of public sentiment”   ==== ====   14. TRIBUNAL: Black-(PG. 43) (blue pg 47)a court of forum of justice. “ It could have betokened nothing short of the anticipated execution of some noted culprit, on whom the sentence of a legal ** tribunal ** had but confirmed the verdict of public sentiment ** ”  ** ==== ====  15. INFERENCE: Black-(PG. 43) (blue pg 47)the act of passing from one proposition, statement, or judgment considered  as true to another whose truth is believed to  follow from that of the former. “  But, in that early severity of the Puritan character, an ** inference ** of this kind could not so indubitably be drawn”   ==== ====   16. INDUBITABLY: Black-(PG. 43) (blue pg 47)ADV-unquestionably.(obviously; doubtfully) “But, in that early severity of the Puritan character, an inference of this kind could not so ** indubitably ** be drawn”   ==== ====  17. ANTINOMIAN: Black-(PG. 43)(blue pg 47) one who rejects a socially established morality. “  that an ** Antinomian **, a Quaker”   ==== ====   18. HETERODOX: Black-(PG. 43)(blue pg 47) N-holding unorthodox opinions or doctrines.(unconventional; conventional) “  Antinomian, a Quaker, or other ** heterodox ** religionist, was to be scourged out of the town, or an idle and vagrant Indian”   ==== ====   19. SCOURGED: Black-(PG. 43)(blue pg 47) V-to subject to severe criticism or satire.(ridiculed; complimented) “  Antinomian, a Quaker, or other heterodox religionist, was to be ** scourged ** out of the town, or an idle and vagrant Indian”   ==== ====  20. FIREWATER: Black-(PG. 43)(blue pg 47) strong alcoholic beverage. “ whom the white man's ** fire ** - ** water ** had made riotous about the streets, was to be driven with stripes into the shadow of the forest”    ==== ====   21. MAGISTRATE: Black-(PG. 43)(blue pg 47) a local official exercising administrative and often judicial functions. “  the bitter-tempered widow of the  ** magistrate ** , was to die upon the gallows”    ==== ====  22. GALLOWS: Black-(PG. 43)(blue pg 47) the punishment of hanging. “  the bitter-tempered widow of the magistrate, was to die upon the  **  gallows”   ** ====

23. VENERABLE: Black-(PG. 43) (blue pg 48) ADJ-made sacred especially by
====  religious or historical association.(respectable)  “ that the mildest and the severest acts of public discipline were alike made  ** venerable **  and awful”    ==== ====  24. MEAGRE: Black-(PG. 43)(blue pg 48) lacking desirable qualities; meager. “ ** Meagre ** , indeed, and cold, was the sympathy that a transgressor might look for”    ====

25. TRANSGRESSOR: Black-(PG. 44)(blue pg 48) violator. “ the sympathy that a  ** transgressor **  might look for, from such bystanders”
====  26. SCAFFOLD: Black-(PG. 44)(blue pg 48) N-a platform on which a criminal **is executed.(stage) “**  the  ** scaffold **  . On the other hand, a penalty which, in our days, would infer a degree of mocking infamy and ridicule, might then be invested with almost as stern a -dignity as the punishment of death itself.”    ==== ====   27. INFAMY: Black-(PG. 44)(blue pg 48) N-evil reputation brought about by something grossly criminal, shocking, or brutal.(notorious; esteemed) “   On the other hand, a penalty which, in our days, would infer a degree of mocking  ** infamy **  and ridicule, might then be invested with almost as stern a -dignity as the punishment of death itself.”    ==== ====  28. IMPROPRIETY: Black-(PG. 44)(blue pg 48) N-the quality or state of being improper.(uncivilized) “ The age had not so much refinement, that any sense of ** impropriety ** restrained the wearers of petticoat and farthingale from stepping forth into the public ways”   ==== ====   29. FARTHINGALE: Black-(PG. 44)(blue pg 48) a support worn in the 16th century beneath a skirt to expand it at the hip line. “The age had not so much refinement, that any sense of impropriety restrained the wearers of petticoat and ** farthingale ** from stepping forth into the public ways”  ==== ====  30. FIBRE: Black-(PG. 44)(blue pg 48) basic toughness. “ Morally, as well as materially, there was a coarser ** fibre ** in those wives and maidens of old English birth and breeding, than in their fair descendants”   ====    31. ROTUNDITY: Black-(PG. 44) (blue pg 49) rounded  “There was, moreover, a boldness and  ** rotundity **  of speech among these matrons, as most of them seemed to be, that would startle us at the present day, whether in respect to its purport or its volume of tone. . ”

==== 32. BEHOOF: Black-(PG.44) (blue pg 49) advantage, profit. “ It would be greatly for the public ** behoof **, if we women, being of mature age and church-members in good repute, should have the handling of such malefactresses as this Hester Prynne ** ”  ** ====

33. MALEFACTRESSES: Black-(PG. 45)(blue pg 49) a person who
====  violates the law or does evil. “ It would be greatly for the public behoof, if we women, being of mature age and church-members in good repute, should have the handling of such ** malefactresses ** as this Hester Prynne”   ==== ====  34. TROW: Black-(PG. 45)(blue pg 49) believe. “ What think ye, gossips? If the hussy stood up for judgment before us five, that are now here in a knot together, would she come off with such a sentence as the worshipful magistrates have awarded? Marry, I ** trow ** not!" ** ” ** ====

35. AUTUMNAL: Black-(PG. 45)(blue pg 49) a period of maturity or
====  incipient decline. “The magistrates are God-fearing gentlemen, but merciful overmuch,—that is a truth," added a third ** autumnal ** matron. "At the very least, they should have put the brand of a hot iron on Hester Prynne's forehead.”  ====

36. BAGGAGE: Black-(PG. 45)(blue pg 49) a worthless or contemptible
====  woman; prostitute. “But she,—the naughty ** baggage ** ,—little will she care what they put upon the bodice of her gown! Why, look you, she may cover it with a brooch, or such like heathenish adornment, and so walk the streets as brave as ever!"”  ==== ====   37. HEATHENISH: Black-(PG. 45)(blue pg 49) ADJ-barbarous.(infidel; saintly) “  But she,—the naughty baggage,—little will she care what they put upon the bodice of her gown! Why, look you, she may cover it with a brooch, or such like ** heathenish ** adornment, and so walk the streets as brave as ever!" ** ”  ** ==== ====   38. BEADLE: Black-(PG. 45) (blue pg 50) minor parish officials whose duties include ushering and preserving order at  services and sometimes civil functions. “ The door of the jail heing flung open from within, there appeared, in the first place, like a black shadow emerging into sunshine, the grim and grisly presence of the town- ** beadle **, with a sword by his side, and his staff of office in his hand”   ==== ====  39. ABASHED: Black-(PG. 46) (blue pg 51) to destroy the self-confidence of. “  she took the baby on her arm, and, with a burning blush, and yet a haughty smile, and a glance that would not be  ** abashed ** , looked around at her townspeople and neighbors.”    ==== ====   40. SUMPTUARY: Black-(PG. 46) (blue pg 51) designed to regulate habits on moral or religious grounds  **. “ **  but greatly beyond what was allowed by the  ** sumptuary **  regulations of the colony.”    ==== ====  41. GENTILITY: Black-(PG. 47) (blue pg 51) the members of the upper class. “ She was lady-like, too, after the manner of the feminine ** gentility ** of those days; characterized by a certain state and dignity, rather than by the delicate ** ”  ** ==== ====   42. EVANESCENT: Black-(PG. 47) (blue pg 51) tending to vanish like vapor. “ than by the delicate, ** evanescent **, and indescribable grace, which is now recognized as its indication ** ”  ** ==== ====  43. IGNOMINY: Black-(PG. 47) (blue pg 51) N-disgraceful or dishonorable conduct, quality, or action.(shame) “   and made a halo of the misfortune and  ** ignominy **  in which she was enveloped”    ==== ====   44. BRAZEN: Black-(PG. 47) (blue pg 52) marked by contemptuous boldness. “ but did ever a woman, before this ** brazen ** hussy, contrive such a way of showing it ** ”  ** ==== ====  45. HUSSY: Black-(PG. 47) (blue pg 52) a saucy or mischievous girl. “ but did ever a woman, before this brazen ** hussy **, contrive such a way of showing it”   ====

49. SPURN: Black-(PG. 48)(blue pg 53) stumble. “ her heart had been flung into the street for them all to ** spurn ** and trample upon”
====  50. PILLORY: Black-(PG. 49) (blue pg 53) a means to expose one to public scorn and humility. “  It was, in short, the platform of the ** pillory ** ; and above it rose the framework of that instrument of discipline, so fashioned as to confine the human head in its tight grasp, and thus hold it up to the public gaze”   ====    51. FLAGRANT: Black-(PG. 49) (blue pg 54) extremely or purposefully conspicuous usually because of uncommon objectionable or evil. “  no outrage more ** flagrant ** than to forbid the culprit to hide his face for shame”    52. MIEN: Black-(PG. 49) (blue pg 54) appearance; aspect. “ so picturesque in her attire and ** mien **, and with the infant at her bosom, an object to remind him of the image of Divine Maternity”   53. VIED: Black-(PG 49) (blue pg 54) exchanged in rivalry. “  which so many illustrious painters have ** vied ** with one another to represent; something which should remind him, indeed, but only by contrast, of that sacred image of sinless motherhood, whose infant was to redeem the world”   54. TAINTED: Black-(PG 49) (blue pg 54) contaminated mark or influence. “  there was the ** taint ** of deepest sin in the most sacred quality of human life, working such effect”   55. CONTUMELY: Black-(PG 50) (blue pg 55) rude language or treatment arising    from haughtiness and contempt. “   It was almost intolerable to be borne. Of an impulsive and passionate nature, she had fortified herself to encounter the stings and venomous stabs of public  ** contumely ** , wreaking itself in every variety of insult” 56. COUNTENANCES: Black-(PG 50) (blue pg 55) looks; expressions. “  all those rigid  ** countenances **  contorted with scornful merriment, and herself the object” 57. MERRIMENT: Black-(PG. 50) (blue pg 55) lighthearted gaiety or fun making. “  all those rigid countenances contorted with scornful  ** merriment ** , and herself the object” 58. PRETERNATURAL: Black-(PG 50) (blue pg 55)exceeding what is natural or regular. “ Her mind, and especially her memory, was ** preternaturally ** active, and kept bringing up other scenes than this roughly-hewn street of a little town” 59. HEWN: Black-(PG 50) (blue pg 55) strictly conformed. “ Her mind, and especially her memory, was preternaturally active, and kept bringing up other scenes than this roughly-** hewn ** street of a little town” 60. PHANTASMAGORIC: Black-(PG 51)(blue pg 56) a scene that constantly changes. “ by the exhibition of these ** phantasmagoric ** forms, from the cruel weight and hardness of the reality.” 61. REMONSTRANCE: Black-(PG. 51) (blue pg 56) N-objection.(protest; commendation) “ even since her death, had so often laid the impediment of a gentle ** remonstrance ** in her daughter's pathway” 62. CLOISTER: Black-(PG 51) (blue pg 56) an area within a monastery or convent to which the religious are normally restricted. “  This figure of the study and the  ** cloister ** , as Hester Prynne's womanly fancy failed not to recall, was slightly deformed, with the left shoulder a trifle higher than the right” 63. ETYMOLOGIST: (NOT ACTUALLY IN THE SECOND CHAPTER) studies word derivation. 64. DEMEANOR: Black-(PG 43) behavior toward others; outward manner. “ for, haughty as her ** demeanor ** was, she perchance underwent an agony from every footstep of those that thronged to see her”

CHAPTER THREE

65. FURROWS: Black-(PG. 53) (blue pg 58) wrinkles. “ He was small in stature, with a ** furrowed ** visage, which, as yet, could hardly be termed aged.” 66. HETEROGENEOUS: Black-(PG. 53) (blue pg 58) different in kind. “Although, by a seemingly careless arrangement of his ** heterogeneous ** garb, he had endeavored to conceal or abate the peculiarity” 67. ABATE: Black-(PG. 53) (blue pg 58) put an end to. “ he had endeavored to conceal or ** abate ** the peculiarity” 68. WRITHING: Black-(PG. 54) (blue pg 58)to twist in pain; to suffer keenly. “ A ** writhing ** horror twisted itself across his features, like a snake gliding swiftly over them” 69. INTERVOLUTIONS: Black-(PG. 54) (blue pg 58) “ like a snake gliding swiftly over them, and making one little pause, with all its wreathed ** intervolutions ** in open sight” 70. SOJOURN: Black-(PG. 54) (blue pg 59) N-a temporary stay. “ methinks it must gladden your heart, after your troubles and ** sojourn ** in the wilderness” 71. INIQUITY: Black-(PG. 54) (blue pg 59) wickedness. “ to find yourself, at length, in a land where ** iniquity ** is searched out, and punished in the sight of rulers and people;” 72. MARRY: Black-(PG. 55) (blue pg 59) to express amused or surprised agreement. “ ** Marry **, good Sir, in some two years, or less, that the woman has been a dweller here in Boston” 73. EXPOUND: Black-(PG. 55) (blue pg 60) V-to explain in careful and elaborate detail. “ Of a truth, friend, that matter remaineth a riddle; and the Daniel who shall ** expound ** it is yet a-wanting,” 74. PERADVENTURE: Black-(PG. 55) (blue pg 60) perhaps “ ** Peradventure ** the guilty one stands looking on at this sad spectacle, unknown of man, and forgetting that God sees him."  .”    75. BETWIXT: Black-(PG. 56) (blue pg 61) between. “  It was better to stand thus, with so many ** betwixt ** him and her, than to greet him, face to face, they two alone.”   76. HALBERDS: Black-(PG. 57) (blue pg 62) a weapon consisting typically    of a battle ax and pike mounted on a handle about 6 feet long. “  four sergeants about his chair, bearing ** halberds **, as a guard of honor”   77. TUNIC: Black-(PG. 57)(blue pg 62) a hip-length or longer blouse or    jacket. “  a black velvet ** tunic” **   78. SAGACITY: Black-(PG. 57)(blue pg 62) of keen mind: shrewd. “  but to the stern and tempered energies of manhood, and the sombre ** sagacity ** of age; accomplishing so much, precisely because it imagined and hoped so little” 79. MIEN: Black-(PG. 57)(blue pg 62) “  were distinguished by a dignity of  ** mien **  ,” 80. OBSTINACY: Black-(PG. 58) (blue pg 63) N-fixed and unyielding; stubborn. “ whether of tenderness or terror, such as might prevail over your hardness and ** obstinacy” ** 81. ALBEIT: Black-(PG. 58) (blue pg 63) although. “ with a young man's over-softness, ** albeit ** wise beyond his years” 82. FERVOR: Black-(PG. 58)(blue pg 63) intensity of feeling or expression. “ His eloquence and religious ** fervor ** had already given the earnest of high eminence in his profession” 83. LURID: Black-(PG. 61)(blue pg 63) ADJ- gruesome; sensational. “  It was whispered, by those who peered after her, that the   scar   let   letter   threw a  ** lurid **  gleam along the dark passageway of the interior.” 84. GARB: Black-(PG. 53)(blue pg 57) clothing. “ An Indian, in his native ** garb **, was standing there; but the red men were not so infrequent visitors of the English settlements, that one of them would have attracted any notice from Hester Prynne, at such a time” 85. IGNOMINOUS: Black-(PG. 56) (blue pg 60) shameful. “ but with continual reference to the ** ignominious ** letter”

CHAPTER FOUR

86. SAGAMORES: Black-(PG. 62) a subordinate chief of the Algonquian Indians of the north Atlantic coast. “ but as the most convenient and suitable mode of disposing of him, until the magistrates should have conferred with the Indian ** sagamores ** respecting his ransom” 87. AMENABLE: Black-(PG. 63) ADJ- willing to yield or submit, agreeable. : “ shall hereafter be more ** amenable ** to just authority than you may have found her heretofore” 88. PEREMPTORY: Black-(PG. 63) ADJ- leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal. “  she lay writhing on the trundlebed, made it of  ** peremptory **  necessity to postpone all other business to the task of soothing her” 89. ALCHEMY: Black-(PG. 63) a power or process of transforming something common into something precious. “ My old studies in ** alchemy” ** 90. AVENGE: Black-(PG. 63) to exact satisfaction for a wrong by punishing the wrongdoer. “ Wouldst thou ** avenge ** thyself on the innocent babe” 91. INQUEST: Black-(PG. 66) inquiry, investigation. “  But, as for me, I come to the  ** inquest **  with other senses than they possess” 92. AUGHT: Black-(PG. 67) nothing. “ I shall contrive ** aught ** against his life; no, nor against his fame, if, as I judge, he be a man of fair repute” 93. PARAMOUR: Black-(PG. 67) an illicit lover. “ Thou hast kept t he secret of thy ** paramour **. Keep, likewise, mine!” 94. WOTTEST: Black-(PG. 68) to have knowledge of or to know. “ Breathe not the secret, above all, to the man thou ** wottest ** of. Shouldst thou fail me in this, beware”

CHAPTER FIVE

95. VIVIFY: Black-(PG. 70) V- to endure with life or renew life: animate. “ in which they might ** vivify ** and embody their images of woman's frailty and sinful passion” 96. CLAUSE: Black-(PG. 70) a separate section of a discourse or writing. “ kept by no restrictive ** clause ** of her condemnation within the limits of the Puritan settlement, so remote and so obscure” 97. ASSIMILATE: Black-(PG. 70) to absorb into the cultural tradition of a population or group. “where the wildness of her nature might ** assimilate **  itself with a people whose customs and life were alien from the law that had condemned her” 98. TINGE: Black-(PG. 70) an affective or modifying property or influence: touch. “  the darker the  ** tinge **  that saddens it” 99. UNCONGENIAL: Black-(PG. 70) unfriendly. “  still so  ** uncongenial **  to every other pilgrim and wanderer” 100. THATCHED: Black-(PG. 71) a house used as a sheltering cover made of a plant material. “ there was a small ** thatched ** cottage” 101. FAIN: Black-(PG. 71) rather. “  as seem to denote that here was some object which would  ** fain **  have been, or at least ought to be, concealed” 102. PROGENITORS: Black-(PG. 72) N- an ancestor in the direct line: forefather. “  Yet the taste of the age, demanding whatever was elaborate in compositions of this kind, did not fail to extend its influence over our stern  ** progenitors ** , who had cast behind them so many fashions which it might seem harder to dispense with” 103. PLEBEIAN: Black-(PG. 73) one of the common people. “  Deep ruffs, painfully wrought bands, and gorgeously embroidered gloves, were all deemed necessary to the official state of men assuming the reins of power; and were readily allowed to individuals dignified by rank or wealth, even while sumptuary laws forbade these and similar extravagances to the  ** plebeian **  order.” 104. EMOLUMENT: Black-(PG. 73) advantage. “ afforded still another possibility of toil and ** emolument” ** 105. COMMISERATION Black-(PG. 73) N- to feel or express sympathy: condole. “ Whether from ** commiseration ** for a woman of so miserable a destiny; or from the morbid curiosity that gives a fictitious value even to common or worthless things; or by whatever other intangible circumstance was then, as now, sufficient to bestow, on some persons, what others might seek in vain” 106. CONTUMACIOUSLY: Black-(PG. 77) stubbornly disobedient: rebellious. “  Again, a mystic sisterhood would  ** contumaciously **  assert itself, as she met the sanctified frown of some matron, who, according to the rumor of all tongues” 107. TALISMAN: Black-(PG. 77) something producing apparently magical or miraculous effects. “  O Fiend, whose  ** talisman **  was that fatal symbol”

CHAPTER SIX

108. EFFICACY: Black-(PG. 79) N- effective as a means of remedy.(productiveness; usefulnessness) “ Man had marked this woman's sin by a scar let letter, which had such potent and disastrous ** efficacy ** that no human sympathy could reach her, save it were sinful like herself.” 109. RUSSET: Black-(PG. 80) a coarse brownish homespun cloth. “ And yet a ** russet ** gown,” 110. IMBUED: Black-(PG. 80) V- inspired as with feelings, opinions, etc. “ Pearl's aspect was ** imbued ** with a spell of infinite variety; in this one child there were many children, comprehending the full scope between the wild-flower prettiness of a peasant-baby” 111. MUTABILITY: Black-(PG. 80) subject to change. “ This outward ** mutability ** indicated, and did not more than fairly express, the various properties of her inner life” 112. EPOCH: Black-(PG. 81) a point in time marked by the beginning of anew development or state of things. “  Above all, the warfare of Hester's spirit, at that  ** epoch ** , was perpetuated in Pearl” 113. REGIMEN: Black-(PG. 81) to organize. “ as a wholesome ** regimen ** for the growth and promotion of all childish virtues” 114. CAPRICE; Black-(PG. 81) N- a sudden, impulsive change: whim. “  As to any other kind of discipline, whether addressed to her mind or heart, little Pearl might or might not be within its reach, in accordance with the  ** caprice **  that ruled the moment” 115. INFANTILE: Black-(PG. 83) characteristic of infancy or infants: babyish. “  Pearl   was a born outcast of the  ** infantile **  world” 116. SMOTE: Black-(PG. 84) having striked something. “  whom Pearl  ** smote **  down and uprooted, most unmercifully” 117. DEARTH: Black-(PG. 85) scarcity, lack, or famine. “ except as Pearl, in the ** dearth ** of human playmates, was thrown more upon the visionary throng which she created” 118. GESTICULATION: Black-(PG. 87) expression through gestures. “ Pearl laughed, and began to dance up and down, with the humorsome ** gesticulation ** of a little imp, whose next freak might be to fly up the chimney.” 119. LABYRINTH: Black-(PG. 88) any intricate or perplexing set of difficulties: maze. “ But Hester could not resolve the query, being herself in a dismal ** labyrinth ** of doubt.” 120. AMENABLE: Black-(PG. 80) agreeable. “ The child could not be made ** amenable ** to rules” 121. NURTURE: Black-(PG. 83) care for; raise up. “  at the domestic thresholds, disporting themselves in such grim fashion as the Puritanic  ** nurture **  would permit;” 122. ENMITY: Black-(PG. 85) N- established hatred.(animosity; hostility) “ All this ** enmity ** and passion had Pearl inherited, by inalienable right, out of Hester's heart. Mother and daughter stood together in the same circle of seclusion from human society” 123. PATERNITY: Black-(PG. 88) father. “ seeking vainly elsewhere for the child's ** paternity” **

CHAPTER SEVEN

124. LUDICROUS: Black-(PG. 89) amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity. “  It may appear singular, and, indeed, not a little  ** ludicrous ** , that an affair of this kind, which, in later days, would have been referred to no higher jurisdiction than that of the selectmen of the town” 125. EMINENCE: Black-(PG. 90) N- position of prominence or superiority. (importance; distinction; greatness) “  would have been referred to no higher jurisdiction than that of the selectmen of the town, should then have been a question publicly discussed, and on which statesmen of  ** eminence **  took sides” 126. PRISTINE: Black-(PG. 90) uncorrupt by civilization. “  At that epoch of  ** pristine **  simplicity, however, matters of even slighter public interest, and of far less intrinsic weight, than the welfare of Hester and her child, were strangely mixed up with the deliberations of legislators and acts of state” 127. INTRINSIC: Black-(PG. 90) ADJ- originating or situated within the body or part acted on. (inherent; essential; fundamental) “  At that epoch of  ** pristine **  simplicity, however, matters of even slighter public interest, and of far less  ** intrinsic **  weight, than the welfare of Hester and her child, were strangely mixed up with the deliberations of legislators and acts of state” 128. IMPERIOUS: Black-(PG. 90) commanding; dominant. “  but was soon as  ** imperious **  to be set down again, and frisked onward before Hester on the grassy pathway, with many a harmless trip and tumble” 129. AKIN: Black-(PG. 90) similar. “  eyes possessing intensity both of depth and glow, and hair already of a deep, glossy brown, and which, in after years, would be nearly  ** akin **  to black.” 130. TUNIC: Black-(PG. 90) a hip-length or longer blouse or jacket. “  arraying her in a crimson velvet  ** tunic ** , of a peculiar cut, abundantly embroidered with fantasies and flourishes of gold thread” 131. WAN: Black-(PG. 90) pale or sickly. “  So much strength of coloring, which must have given a  ** wan **  and pallid aspect to cheeks of a fainter bloom, was admirably adapted to Pearl's beauty, and made her the very brightest little jet of flame that ever danced upon the earth” 132. PALLID: Black-(PG. 90) ADJ- deficient in color: dull. (unpleasantly pale; insipid) “  So much strength of coloring, which must have given a wan and  ** pallid **  aspect to cheeks of a fainter bloom, was admirably adapted to Pearl's beauty, and made her the very brightest little jet of flame that ever danced upon the earth” 133. DAUNTLESS: Black-(PG. 91) fearless, undaunted. “ But Pearl, who was a ** dauntless ** child, after frowning, stamping her foot, and shaking her little hand with a variety of threatening gestures, suddenly made a rush at the knot of her enemies, and put them all to flight” 134. EXTANT: Black-(PG. 91) not destroyed or lost. “  This was a large wooden house, built in a fashion of which there are specimens still  ** extant **  in the streets of our elder towns” 135. CABALISTIC: Black-(PG. 92) esoteric doctrine or mysterious art. “  It was further decorated with strange and seemingly  ** cabalistic **  figures and diagrams, suitable to the quaint taste of the age,” 136. CAPER: Black-(PG. 92) a gay, bounding leap. “ Pearl, looking at this bright wonder of a house, began to **caper** and dance, and imperatively required that the whole breadth of sunshine should be stripped off its front, and given her to play with.” 137. FLANKED: Black-(PG. 92) to be situated on the side: border. “ They approached the door, which was of an arched form, and ** flanked ** on each side by a narrow tower or projection of the edifice, in both of which were lattice windows, with wooden shutters to close over them at need.” 138. FORSOOTH: Black-(PG. 92) indeed. “ Yea, ** forsooth **," replied the bond-servant, staring with wide-open eyes at the scarlet letter, which”   139. EMBOWED: Black-(PG. 93) arched. “   At the other end, though partly muffled by a curtain, it was more powerfully illuminated by one of those  ** embowed **  hall-windows which we read of in old books, and which was provided with a keep and cushioned seat”    140. FOLIO: Black-(PG. 93) a book of the largest size. “   Here, on the cushion, lay a  ** folio **  tome, probably of the Chronicles of England, or other such substantial literature;”    141. TOME: Black-(PG. 93) a volume forming part of a larger work. “   Here, on the cushion, lay a folio  ** tome ** , probably of the Chronicles of England, or other such substantial literature;”    142. GILDED: Black-(PG. 93) to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold. “   even as, in our own days, we scatter  ** gilded **  volumes on the centre-table, to be turned over by the casual guest.” 143. MAIL: Black-(PG. 94) armor made of medal links or sometimes plates. “ At about the centre of the oaken panels, that lined the hall, was suspended a suit of ** mail **, not, like the pictures, an ancestral relic” 144. BURNISHED: Black-(PG. 94) polished. “ There was a steel headpiece, a cuirass, a gorget, and greaves, with a pair of gauntlets and a sword hanging beneath; all, and especially the helmet and breastplate, so highly ** burnished ** as to glow with white radiance” 145. PANOPLY: Black-(PG. 94) full suit of armor. “ This bright ** panoply ** was not meant for mere idle show, but had been worn by the Governor on many a solemn muster and training field, and had glittered” 146. MUSTER: Black-(PG. 94) formal military inspection. “ This bright panoply was not meant for mere idle show, but had been worn by the Governor on many a solemn ** muster ** and training field, and had glittered, moreover, at the head of a regiment in the Pequod war” 147. EXIGENCIES: Black-(PG. 94) a state of affairs that makes urgent demands. “ For, though bred a lawyer, and accustomed to speak of Bacon, Coke, Noye, and Finch as his professional associates, the ** exigencies ** of this new country had transformed Governor” 148. PHYSIOGNOMY: Black-(PG. 94) facial features held to show quality of mind or character by their configuration or expression. “ smiling at her mother, with the elfish intelligence that was so familiar an expression on her small ** physiognomy **.” 149. BREADTH: Black-(PG. 94) something of full width. “ That look of naughty merriment was likewise reflected in the mirror, with so much ** breadth ** and intensity of effect, that it made Hester Prynne feel as if it could not be the image of her own child, but of an imp who was seeking to mould itself into Pearl's shape.” 150. VISTA: Black-(PG. 95) a distant view through or an   avenue or pathway. “ Pearl, accordingly, ran to the bow-window, at the further end of the hall, and looked along the ** vista ** of a garden-walk,” 151. RELINQUISH: Black-(PG. 95) leave behind. “  But the proprietor appeared already to have  ** relinquished ** , as hopeless, the effort to perpetuate on this side of the Atlantic” 152. SUBSISTENCE: Black-(PG. 95) real being: existence. “  But the proprietor appeared already to have relinquished, as hopeless, the effort to perpetuate on this side of the Atlantic, in a hard soil and amid the close struggle for  ** subsistence ** , the native English taste for ornamental gardening.” 153. ANNALS: Black-(PG. 95) historical records: chronicles. “T  here were a few rose-bushes, however, and a number of apple-trees, probably the descendants of those planted by the Reverend Mr. Blackstone, the first settler of the peninsula; that half mythological personage, who rides through our early  ** annals **  ,”

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154. EXPATIATING: Black-(PG. 96) enlarging in discourse or writing. “walked foremost, and appeared to be showing off his estate, and ** expatiating ** on his projected improvements.” 155. ANTIQUATED: Black-(PG. 96) ADJ- obsolete. “ The wide circumference of an elaborate ruff, beneath his gray beard, in the ** antiquated ** fashion of King James' reign,” 156. UNFEIGNEDLY: Black-(PG.96) not pretending. “ though accustomed to speak and think of human existence as a state merely of trial and warfare, and though ** unfeignedly ** prepared to sacrifice goods and life at the behest of duty” 157. BEHEST: Black-(PG. 96) an earnest request. “ though accustomed to speak and think of human existence as a state merely of trial and warfare, and though unfeignedly prepared to sacrifice goods and life at the ** behest ** of duty” 158. BENEVOLENCE: Black-(PG. 96) N- desiring to do good to others. “  he might show himself in the pulpit, or in his public reproof of such transgressions as that of Hester Prynne, still, the genial  ** benevolence **  of his private life had won him warmer affection than was accorded to any of his professional contemporaries.” 159. BEDIZEN: Black-(PG. 97) to dress n a gaudy or vulgar manner. “ But that was in the old land. Prithee, young one, who art thou, and what has ailed thy mother to ** bedizen ** thee in this strange fashion?” 160. ALBEIT: Black-(PG. 98) although or even if. “ it is teaching me at this moment, —lessons whereof my child may be the wiser and better, ** albeit ** they can profit nothing to myself” 161. WARILY: Black-(PG. 98) cautiously. “ We will judge ** warily **," said Bellingham, "and look well what we are about to do” 162. PIOUS: Black-(PG. 99) ADJ- of or pertaining to religious devotion. “ Pearl knew well enough who made her; for Hester Prynne, the daughter of a ** pious ** home, very soon after her talk with the child about her Heavenly Father,” 163. IMBIBES: Black-(PG. 99) V- to take or receive into the mind. “  had begun to inform her of those truths which the human spirit, at whatever stage of immaturity,  ** imbibes **  with such eager interest.” 164. AMISS: Black-(PG. 99) improper. “  Pearl had a ten-fold portion, now, at the most inopportune moment, took thorough possession of her, and closed her lips, or impelled her to speak words  ** amiss” ** 165. INDEFEASABLE: Black-(PG. 100) not to be annulled or made void. “she felt that she possessed ** indefeasible ** rights against the world, and was ready to defend them to the death.” 166. EMACIATED: Black-(PG. 101) to make very thin, as to lack of nutrition or to disease. “ He looked now more care-worn and ** emaciated ** than as we described him at the scene of Hester's public ignominy” 167. MOUNTEBANK: Black-(PG. 102) any charlatan or quack. “ Well said, again!" cried good Mr. Wilson. "I feared the woman had no better thought than to make a ** mountebank ** of her child!"”   168. BOON: Black-(PG. 102) a favor sought. “  what, methinks, is the very truth, —that this ** boon ** was meant, above all things else, to keep the mother's soul alive”   169. ADDUCED: Black-(PG. 102) to bring forward as in    argument or as evidence. “  Indeed hath he," answered the magistrate, "and hath ** adduced ** such arguments, that we will even leave the matter as it now stands; so long, at least, as there shall be no further scandal in the woman”   170. VEHEMENCE: Black-(PG. 103) N- forceful or violent. “  while the shadow of his figure, which the sunlight cast upon the floor, was tremulous with the ** vehemence ** of his appeal.”   171. UNOBTRUSTIVE: Black-(PG. 103) not conspicuous. “  a caress so tender, and withal so ** unobtrusive **, that her mother, who was looking on, asked herself,—" Is that my Pearl?"” 172. CHARGER: Black-(PG. 96) plate or platter. “ beneath his gray beard, in the antiquated fashion of King James' reign, caused his head to look not a little like that of John the Baptist in a ** charger **.”

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173. APPELLATION: (PG. 117) an identifying name or title. 174. CONTAGION: (PG. 117) the spread as of an idea, emotion, etc. 175. CHIRURGICAL: (PG. 118) surgical. 176. INTRICACIES: (PG. 118) having many interrelated parts or facets: intricate. 177. COUNTENANCE: (PG. 120) to extend approval or toleration of. 178. PARISHONER: (PG.120) a member or inhabitant of a parish. 179. PROPOUND: (PG. 120) to offer up for discussion or consideration. 180. DELVE: (PG. 122) to make careful or detailed search for information. 182. TUMULT: (PG. 123) uproar and confusion: commotion, riot. 183. ERUDITION: (PG. 124) extensive knowledge acquired chiefly from books. 184. COMMODIOUSNESS: (PG. 125) comfortable or conveniently spacious: roomy. 185. INCANTATIONS: (PG. 125) a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic. 186. BLACK ART: (PG. 125) made practiced by or as if by conjurers and witches. 187. CONJURER: (PG. 125) someone who calls up spirits or ghosts: magicians. 188. GUISE: (PG. 126) manner or fashion. 189. SANCTITY: (PG. 126) Godliness or sacredness. 190. EMISSARY: (PG. 126) messenger. 191. DIABOLIC: (PG. 126) devilish.
 * __ 181. SAGACITY: NOUN (PG. 123) the quality of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment. (wisdom) __**

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192. SEXTON: (PG. 127) an official charged with maintaining church property. 193. DEEM: (PG. 128) to believe or judge. 195. GHASTLY: (PG. 127) terrifyingly horrible to the senses: frightening. 196. STEALTHILY: (PG. 128) slow, deliberate, and secret in action or character. 197. INIMICAL: (PG. 128) having the disposition of an enemy: hostile. 198. ASKANCE: (PG. 129) with a side-glance: obliquely. 199. PERFORCE: (PG. 129) by force of circumstances. 200. SOLACE: (PG. 130) alleviation of grief or anxiety. 201. BRETHREN: (PG. 130) fellow members of a profession, society, or sect; plural of brothers. 203. ABASEMENT: (PG. 130) to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem. 204. SOOTH: (PG. 131) truth, reality. 205. ARMORIAL: (PG. 131) of, relating to, or bearing heraldic arms. 206. DECOROUSLY: (PG. 131) marked by propriety and good taste: correct 208. MIRTH: (PG. 132) gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter. 209. PALLIATE: (PG. 134) to cover by excuses or apologies. 210. ASSENTED: (PG. 135) to agree to something. 211. SOMNIFEROUS: (PG. 135) hypnotic. 212. VESTMENT: (PG. 135) an outer garment; a robe of ceremony or office.
 * __ 194. ASPIRATION: NOUN (PG. 128) strong desire, longing, or ambition: goal.(dream) __**
 * __ 202. PROPAGATE: VERB (PG. 130) publicize; cause to spread (broadcast) __**
 * __ 207. IMP: NOUN (PG. 131) a small demon: fiend. __**
 * __ 213. PIETY: NOUN (PG. 128) reverence to God. (holiness, devotion) __**

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214. MALICE: (PG. 136) desire to see another suffer. 215. LATENT: (PG. 136) present and capable of becoming though not now visible or active: dormant. 216.BALKED: (PG. 136) to stop short and refuse to proceed. 218.MACHINATION: (PG. 138) a scheming or crafty action or artful design intended to accomplish some usually evil end. 219. LORE: (PG. 138) traditional knowledge or belief. 220. ETHEREALIZED: (PG. 138) celestially. 221. ATTESTATION: (PG. 138) to be proof of: manifest. 222. AVOWAL: (PG. 141) an open declaration or acknowledgement. 223. IMPALPABLE (PG. 142) incapable of being felt by touch. 224. VENERATION: (PG. 139) commanding respect because of great age or associated dignity.
 * __ 217.ODIOUS: ADJECTIVE (PG. 137) exciting or deserving hatred or repugnance. (detestable) __**

CHAPTER TWELVE

225. SOMNAMBULISM: (PG. 143) sleepwalking. 226. DANK: (PG. 143) cold and damp. 228. DEFUNCT: (PG. 147) dead or inactive. 229. SCANTLY: (PG. 147) scarcely enough. 230. JUTTING: (PG. 149) to extend beyond the main portion. 231. ARCHFIEND: (PG. 151) a chief fiend: Satan. 232. SCURRILOUS: (PG. 153) grossly and offensively abusive. 233. GRISLY: (PG. 146) inspiring horror or intense fear. 235. AWRY: (PG. 147) out of right or hoped-for cause. 236. FIRMAMENT: (PG. 150) the vault or arch of the sky: heavens. 237. MALEVOLENCE: (PG. 151) arising from intense or vicious ill will, spite, or hatred. 238. ERUDITE: (PG. 152) possessing or displaying erudition; learned. 239. REPLETE; (PG. 152) fully or abundantly provided or filled: complete.
 * __ 227. EXPIATION: NOUN (PG. 144) atonement; compensation for a wrong (amends, penance) __**
 * __ 234. TUMULT: NOUN (PG. 147) a turbulent uprising: riot. (commotion, disruption) __**

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

240. PAUPER: (PG. 155) a very poor person. 241. GIBE: (PG. 155) to tease with taunting words. 242. MEED: (PG. 156) a fitting return or recompense. 244. FOLIAGE: (PG. 157) a cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches. 245. SEMBLANCE: (PG. 158) outward and often specious appearance or show. 247. OBVIATED: (PG. 160) to see beforehand and dispose of; making unnecessary. 248. ETHEREAL: (PG. 160) celestial, heavenly. 249. CLEW: (PG. 160) clue. 250. CHASM: (PG. 160) a marked division, separation, or difference. 251. LUNACY: (PG. 160) wild foolishness; insanity. 253. STAFF: (PG. 161) a long stick carried in the hand for support in walking.
 * __ 243. DESPOT: NOUN (PG. 156) a ruler with absolute power and authority.(tyrant, dictator) __**
 * __ 246. IMBIBED: VERB (PG. 159) to receive into the mind and retain. (absorbed) __**
 * __ 252. ACQUIESCING: VERB (PG. 161) to accept or comply tacitly or passively.(submitting, yielding, conforming) __**

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

254. WIRY: (PG. 163) lean and strong. 255. BEHEST: (PG. 164) an earnest request. 257. PROPINQUITY: (PG. 165) nearness in place or time. 258. USURP: (PG. 165) to seize and hold (a position, power, etc.) by force or without legal right. 259. RETRIBUTION: (PG. 167) punishment given in return for some wrong committed; judgment.
 * __ 256. RANKLE: VERB (PG. 164) to cause persistent keen irritation or bitter resentment. (annoy, vex) __**

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

260. SERE: (PG. 168) withered. 261. VERDURE: (PG. 168) condition of health and vigor. 262. SEDULOUS: (PG. 168) diligent in application or pursuit. 263. HORNBOOK: (PG. 171) a child's reading book consisting of a sheet of parchment or paper protected by a sheet of transparent horn. 264. PETULANT: (PG. 172) insolent or rude in speech or behavior. 265. PRECOCITY: (PG. 172) exhibiting mature qualities at an unusually early age. 266. ACRID: (PG. 172) deeply or violently bitter. 268. PROPENSITY: (PG. 173) an intense and often urgent natural inclination. 269. BENEFICENCE: (PG. 173) an office to which the revenue from an endowment is attached: fief. 270. VIVACITY: (PG. 173) being lively in temper or conduct: sprightly. 271. TALISMAN: (PG. 173) something producing apparently magical or miraculous effects. 272. ASPERITY: (PG. 174) roughness of manner or of temper: harshness.
 * __ 267. ENIGMA: NOUN (PG. 173) something hard to understand or explain: mystery. (puzzle) __**
 * __ 273. UPBRAIDED: VERB (PG. 169) criticized. (reproached, accused) __**

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

274. SCINTILLATING: (PG. 176) to be brilliant or keen, as in talent. 275. VIVACITY: (PG. 176) being lively in temper or conduct: sprightly. 276. SCROFULA: (PG. 176) a form of tuberculosis. 277. LOQUACITY: (PG. 178) exceedingly talkative. 278. STREAMLET: (PG. 178) a small stream. 279. PRATTLE: (PG. 178) to talk in a foolish or simpleminded way. 280. CADENCE: (PG. 179) rhythmic sequence or flow of sounds in language.

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

281. SPECTRE: (PG. 181) something that haunts or perturbs the mind; specter. 282. MALEVOLENT: (PG. 183) having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred. 283. CONTIGUITY: (PG. 183) the quality or state of next or near in time or sequence. 284. MISANTHROPY: (PG. 184) a hatred or distrust of mankind. 285. INVIGORATED: (PG. 184) to give life and energy to; animate. 286. RECOIL: (PG. 185) to fall back under pressure. 287. CONSECRATION: (PG. 186) the act of making or declaring sacred. 288. SATIATING: (PG. 186) to satisfy fully. 289. SENTINEL: (PG. 188) one that watches or guards. 290. BUDY: (PG. 188) to support or sustain. 291. TARRY: (PG. 188) stay, sojourn.

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292. ESTRANGED: (PG. 189) to alienate the affections of. 293. COLLOQUY: (PG. 189) a conversation especially formal one. 294. AMISS: (PG. 190) out of proper order: wrong. 295. TRAMMELLED: (PG. 190) something that restricts activity or free movement: hindrance. __ 296. MACHINATIONS: Noun (PG. 190) a crafty, intricate, or secret plot, usually intended to achieve an evil purpose.(scheme) __ 297. BREACH: (PG. 191) a violation as of a law or obligation. 298. CITADEL: (PG. 191) a stronghold. 299. SOLACE: (PG. 191) comfort in sorrow or distress; consolation. 300. HEATHEN: (PG. 193) an irreligious, uncivilized, or unenlightened person. 301. SUBJUGATED: (PG. 193) to bring under dominion: conquer. __ 302. DENIZENS: Noun(PG. 194) an inhabitant: resident. __ 303. CHOLERIC: (PG. 194) bad tempered; irritable. (citizen) (alien)

CHAPTER NINETEEN

304. ACCOSTING: (PG. 196) address, greeting. 305. PRATTLE: (PG. 196) to utter meaningless sounds suggestive of the chatter of children: babble. 306. INURED: (PG. 198) accustomed to accept something undesirable. __ 307. MOLLIFIED: Verb (PG. 198) soothed in temper or disposition. (calmed) (agitated) __ 308. GESTICULATING: (PG. 198) making gestures especially when speaking. 309. PRETERNATURAL: (PG. 199) existing outside of nature: abnormal 310. ALLOY: (PG. 200) to reduce the purity of by mixing with something debasing.

CHAPTER TWENTY

311. VICISSITUDE: (PG. 202) unexpectedly changing circumstances. 312. ANTIQUITY: (PG. 202) the quality of being ancient. 313. SOLACE: (PG. 202) comfort in sorrow. 314. INTROSPECTION: (PG. 203) the examination of one's own mental and emotional state. 315. IRREFRAGABLE: (PG. 203) not to be disputed or contested. __ 316. UNCOUTH: Adjective (PG. 204) awkward of clumsy. __ 317. WEATHERCOCK: (PG. 204) a weather (unrefined) (sophisticated) vane in the shape of a rooster. 318. MUTABILITY: (PG. 204) being liable or subject to change. 319. COMPORT: (PG. 205) to conduct or behave. 320. OBEISANCE: (PG. 205) a bodily gesture, as a bow, expressing respect. 321. DEVOUT: (PG. 206) sincere or hearty. 322. BARTER: (PG. 207) to trade by exchanging one commodity for another. 323. ENSHRINED: (PG. 207) preserved or cherished as sacred. 324. GRANDAM: (PG. 206) an old woman: grandmother. 325. AUGHT: (PG. 206) at all. 326. PITHY: (PG. 206) having substance and point. 327. GILD: (PG. 206) to give an attractive but often deceptive appearance to. 328. TARRY: (PG. 207) stay, sojourn. 329. POTENTATE: (PG. 209) one who wields controlling power. __ 330. STUPEFIED: Verb and adjective(PG. 209) astonished. (shocked) __ 331. MALIGNANT: (PG. 209) disposed to cause harm deliberately. 332. GRATUITOUS: (PG. 209) without apparent reason or justification. 333. DELL: (PG. 210) a secluded hollow or small valley usually covered with trees or turf. 334. REQUITE: (PG. 211) to make return for: repay. 335. STEED: (PG. 212) a spirited horse for state or war.

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

336. BETIMES: (PG. 212) at times: occasionally. 337. PLEBIAN: (PG. 212) one of the common people. 338. QUAFF: (PG. 213) to drink (a beverage) deeply. 339. WORMWOOD: (PG. 213) something bitter and grievous: bitterness. 340. LEES: (PG. 214) the settling of liquor during fermentation and aging: dregs. 341. EFFERVESCE: (PG. 214) to show liveliness or exhilaration. 342. MIRTH: (PG. 216) gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter. 343. QUARTERSTAFF: (PG. 217) a long stout staff formerly used as a weapon and wielded with one hand in the middle and the other between the middle and the end. 344. BUCKLER: (PG. 217) a shield worn on the left arm. 345. BROADSWORD: (PG. 217) a sword with a broad blade for cutting rather than thrusting. 346. SCRUPLE: (PG. 218) an ethical consideration or principle that inhabits action. 347. QUAFFING: (PG. 218) dinking (a beverage) deeply. 348. TEMPESTOUS: (PG. 219) turbulent, stormy. 349. PROBITY: (PG. 219) adherence to the highest principles and ideals: uprightness. 350. UNBENIGNANTLY: (PG. 219) acting in a way that is not favorable or beneficial. 351. ANIMADVERSION: (PG. 219) adverse and typically ill-natured or unfair criticism. 352. GALLIARD: (PG. 219) gay, lively. 353. BERTH: (PG. 220) safe distance.

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

354. CLARION: (PG. 221) a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones. 355. MERCENARY: (PG. 222) one that serves merely for wages. 356. MORION: (PG. 111) high-crested helmet with no visor. 357. SOBRIETY: (PG. 223) the quality or state of being sober. 358. MORBID: (PG. 224) abnormally susceptible to or characterized by gloomy or unwholesome feelings. __ 359. NECROMANCY: Noun (PG. 225) magic, sorcery. (witchcraft) __ 360. PATHOS: (PG. 227) an emotion of sympathetic pity. 361. GRADATIONS: (PG. 227) a series forming successive stages. 362. ORB: (PG. 228) something circular: circle, orbit. 363. INDEFATIGABEL: (PG. 228) incapable of being fatigued: untiring. 364. REQUITAL: (PG. 228) something given in return, compensation, or retaliation. 365. SWARTHY: (PG. 229) being of a dark color, complexion, or cast. 366. SMITE: (PG. 229) to attack or afflict suddenly and injuriously. __ 367. UNSCRUPULOUS: Adjective (PG. 230) unprincipled. (immoral) (ethical) __ 368. SURMISE: (PG. 231) to imagine or infer on slight grounds. 369. STIGMA: (PG. 231) a mark of shame or discredit: stain.

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

370. ORACLES: (PG. 231) a person (as a priest) through whom a deity is believed to speak. 371. DEITY: (PG. 232) Supreme Being: God. 372. LORE: (PG. 232) something that is taught: lesson. __ 373. WROUGHT: Verb and Adjective (PG. 233) deeply stirred: excited. __ 374. APOTHEOSIS: (PG. 233) elevation to divine status. 375. INTIMATIONS: (PG. 235) the act of making known: announce. 376. NETHER: (PG. 235) situated down or below: lower.

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

377. CONJECTURE: (PG. 240) a conclusion deduced by surmise or guesswork. 378. NECROMANCER: (PG. 240) a person who is believed to communicate with the spirits of the dead for purposes of magically revealing the future of influencing the course of events. __ 379. PORTENT: Noun (PG. 240) something that foreshadows a coming event: omen. (clue) __ 380. NUGATORY: (PG. 241) having no force: inoperative. __ 381. BEQUEATHED: Verb (PG. 243) to hand down: transmit. (bestowed) (taken) __ 382. RECLUSE: (PG. 244) marked by withdrawal from society: solitary. 383. PENITENCE: (PG. 244) regret for sin or wrongdoing. 384. ESCUTCHEON: (PG. 245) a protective or ornamental shield. 385. SABLE: (PG. 245) the color black: dark. 386. GULES: (PG. 245) the heraldic color red.