Goodman Brown Vocab
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- Abashed
- ashamed or embarrassed
- Anathema
- a person or thing detested or loathed
- aptly
- In an apt or suitable manner; fitly; properly; pertinently; appropriately; readily.
- athwart
- from side to side; crosswise.
- catechism
- a. an elementary book containing a summary of the principles of the Christian religion, esp. as maintained by a particular church, in the form of questions and answers. b. the contents of such a book.
- cinquefoil
- any of several plants belonging to the genus Potentilla, of the rose family, having yellow, red, or white five-petaled flowers,
- cognizance
- awareness, realization, or knowledge; notice; perception
- constable
- an officer of the peace, having police and minor judicial functions, usually in a small town, rural district,
- covenant
- an agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified.
- deacon
- (in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- ecclesiastical
- of or pertaining to the church or the clergy; churchly; clerical; not secular.
- hearth
- home; fireside
- heathen
- an unconverted individual of a people that do not acknowledge the God of the Bible; a person who is neither a Jew, Christian, nor Muslim; pagan.
- forsooth
- in truth; in fact; indeed
- firmament
- the vault of heaven; sky
- festoon
- a string or chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon, etc., suspended in a curve between two points.
- fain
- gladly; willingly
- exhort
- to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently
- espy
- to see at a distance; catch sight of
- hoary
- gray or white with age
- howbeit
- nevertheless.
- impious
- not pious or religious; lacking reverence for God, religious practices,
- lore
- the body of knowledge, esp. of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject
- lurid
- gruesome; horrible; revolting
- mirth
- gaiety or jollity, esp. when accompanied by laughter
- nettled
- any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs
- ocular
- of, pertaining to, or for the eyes:
- prithee
- pray thee
- proselyte
- a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- sable
- an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- scruple
- a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
- smallage
- the celery, Apium graveolens, esp. in its wild state
- smote
- to strike or hit hard, with or as with the hand, a stick, or other weapon
- steed
- a horse
- tarry
- to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn
- thither
- to or toward that place or point; there.
- trifle
- a matter, affair, or circumstance of trivial importance or significance
- wont
- accustomed; used
- zenith
- the point on the celestial sphere vertically above a given position or observer