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irreparably injured
not capable of being repaired
without further expostulation
reasoning
it soon proved it efficacy
effectiveness
studies in alchemy
chemical philosophy concerned with changing base metals into gold and prolonging life
more amenable to just authority
responsive
writhed in convulsions of pain
twisted
transgress not beyond the limits
go beyond
month--- apt to be tremulous
fearful
albeit wise
although
the vileness and blackness of your sin
evilness
the unadulterated sunshine
pure, not mixed
a dignity of mien
manner
sagacity of age
wisdom
sergeants--- bearing halberds
weapon with a blade and a spike on a long shaft
peradventure the guilty one stands
perhps
a snake... wreathed intervolutions
coilings
his heterogeneous garb
mixed in kind
discerning.. a figure
perceiving
in the guise of Roger Chillingwoth
outward appearance
satan's emissary
messenger
incantations of the davage priests
recitations of verbal charms
incurious inspection
indifferent
commodiousness of situation
(archaic) convenience
parchment-bound folios
books made with large sheets folded in the middle
his mind into such affivity with his patient's
relationship
this idea was countenanced
approved
the nether earth
lower
stranger was exemplary
example giving
the appellation of Roger Chillingworth
name
argument against sundering the relation
breaking apart
possessed indefeasible rights
not capable of being mulled or made void
her soul, its present depravity
moral corruption
the near proximity of the... roses
nearness
the human spirit imbibes
takes in
temporal and eternal welfare
pertaining to a limited time
his public reproof
scolding
expatiating on his projected improvements
speaking or writing at great length
the exigencies of this new country
situations demanding immediate attention
yea, forsooth
indeed
pallied aspect
pale
more from caprice than necessity
whims
pristine simplicity
pure, incorrupted
a little ludicrous
laughable because of obvious absurdity
a gentle remonstrance
protest
a half-obliterated shield
destroyed, wiped out
these phantasmagoric cotumely
drifting succession of things seen or imagined
stabs of public contumely
insulting treatment
iniquity is dragged out into the sunshine
evil
a halo... or ignominy
shame
evanescent and undescribable grace
vanishing, fleeting
sumptuary regulations of the colony
regulating personal behavior on moral and religious grounds
a haughty smile
proud to point of arrogance
like heathenish adornment
not acknowledging God of Judaism. Christianity of Islam
its purport or its volume of tone
apparent meaning
boldness and rotundity of speech
rounded
any sense of impropriety
quality of being improper
infamy and ridicule
disgrace
meagre... was the sympathy
scanty
solemnity of demeanor
manner
augured some awful busness
predicted
bearded physiognomies
faces
tale of human failty and sorrow
weakness
that inauspicious portal
ill-omened
something congenial in the soil
agreeable
the secret poison of his malignity
ill will
in the misanthropy of her own trouble
hatred of man
the very contiguity of his enemy
nearness
were I an atheist
one who denies the existence of God
a spectre that had (appeared)
ghost
the letter A, gules
red
on a field, sable
black
and engraved escutcheon
shield bearing a coat of arms
appeared the semblance
outward appearance, copy
a potent necromancer
person with magical qualities, knowledge
when time sufficed
met present needs, was sufficient
crisis of acutest pain
sharpest
to find repose
rest
so apotheosized by worshipping admirers
glorified
transitory stay on earth
short-lived
subject languidly reviving itself
without energy
a ponderous sobriety
having great weight
such a galliard air
spirited, lively
chain... surmounted with a feather
placed above
effervescence made her flit with bird-like movement
liveliness
preternaturally gifted observer
exceptionally
betimes in the morning
early
gratuitous desire of ill
unnecessary, unwanted
the child's paternity
fatherhood
a sportive impulse
full of fun, frisky
penance might best be wrought out
shaped
children... disporting themselves
engaging in an amusing activity
process of conjuration
imagining
at that epoch
time, particular period of history
mutability indicated... the various properties
changeability
inscrutable decree of Providence
impenetrable, puzzling
the averred
declared in a positive, dogmatic or formal
purity.. somewhat sullied
marred, defiled
contumaciously assert itself
rebelliously, stubbornly
inapportuneness of the occasions
inconvenience
so awful and so loathsome
disgusting
the insidious whispers
treacherous
a diffusion of her shame
a spreadingout
all her superfluous means
extra
the plebeian order
common, vulgar
dames... might gladly have availed themselves
used to advantage
an inquisitorial watch
offensively prying
and so, perchance
perhaps
a kind of lurid triumph
sensational
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