Antiquarian: Pg. 30, With business pertaining to his office seems to have devoted some of his many leisure hours to researches as a local antiquarian. Definition: dealing in, or interested in old or rare books.
Bestirred: Pg. 34, I bestirred myself to seek that invigorating charm of nature. Definition: rouse to action
Torpid: Pg. 34, The almost torpid creatures of my own fancy twitted me with imbecility. Defenition: inactive or sluggish.
Ignominy: Pg. 153, Abased by sin, and half maddened by they ignominy, that was still new, when they had talked together in the prison-chamber. Definition: shameful or dishonorable quality or conduct or an instance of this.
Lurid: Pg.157, Letting the lurid fire of his heart blaze out before her eyes. Definition: gruesome; horrible; revolting
Propinquity: Pg. 157, But it was the constant shadow of my presence! - the closest propinquity of the man whom he had most vilely wronged! Definition: nearness in place; proximity.
Animadversion: Pg. 213, It excited neither surprise nor animadversion when so reputable a citizen as old Roger Chillingsworth. Definition: an unfavorable or censorious comment
Clarion: Pg. 215, Yet attaining the great object for which the harmony of the drum and clarion addresses itself to the multitude. Definition: an ancient trumpet with a curved shape
Apotheosized: Pg. 228, So etherealized by spirit as he was, and so apotheosized by worshipping admirers. Definition: to deify; glorify.
Nugatory: Pg. 235, By yielding up his breath in the arms of that fallen women to express to the world how utterly nugatory is the choicest of man’s own righteousness. Definition: of no real value; trifling; worthless.
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