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Hawthorne vocab

Nathienal Hawthorne's short story vocab

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singular unusual, unique, extraordinary
infamous notorius, bad reputation
effervescent bubbly
tremulous shaking, fearful
visage appearance
venerable commanding respect by virtue of age, dignity, character, or position
dolefully mournfully
fastidious hard to please, attentive
odious hated, disgusting
repose tranquility
ephemeral shortlived
elicit draw out
uncouth strange
vile wretchidly bad, poor
nostrum ineffective medicine
requisite necesary quality
ardent impassioned, intensely devoted
impetuously violent
exult leap for joy, rejoice
placid tranquil
remonstrance protesting
covenant agreement
nattled irritated
entreat to ask, beg for
dissolute immoral
proselytes new converts to a religion
anathema curse
fervid passionate
metaphysical abstract
destitute deprived of, poor
inveterate firmly established, constant
cursory hasty, without attention to detail
vicissitudes change
assiduous constant, unceasing
sallow sickly, yellowish hue
sedulously unwearied, assiduous
morbid pyschologically unhealthy, unwholesome
jovial merry
genial warm, kindly
testily touchy, irritably impatient
recompense reward, compensation
baneful poisonous
lurid intense, fierce passion
assuage to ease
portly stout
salutation greeting
pertinacity persistent determination
circuitous roundabout
surmise idea
equanimity calm
depraved morally corrupt
vivacity lively
torpid sluggish
haggard exhausted, worn out
recumbent reclining
languor lassitude, lack of energy
succor comfort, relief
obsequies funeral rites
imbibe drink
fervent feverish, intense
misanthrope hating mankind
demeanor appearance, bearing
expiating speaker writing in great detail, elaboration
approbatioy approval
emanate send forth from
annals records
reprehension censure
profound deep, meaningful, wise
jauntily carefree manner
inscoutable unknowable
antipathy violent dislike
ambiguity uncertainty
shrewd clever, cunning
prodigious enormous
variguted multueous
discord violent force
tumult great noise, confusion
contaigion disease
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