Vocabulary Words for "Young Goodman Brown"
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Vocabulary Words for "The Minister's Black Veil"
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Vocabulary words for "Rappaccini's Daughter"
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ecclesiastical: (adj) of or relating to a church especially as an established institution or suitable for use in a church
ReplyDeleteJordan's mother brought him to the church to be blessed by an ecclesiastical authority after he started muttering about the devil in his sleep.
abashed (adj.)
ReplyDeleteembarrassed or ashamed because you have done something wrong or stupid
1. She was abashed by the many pairs of eyes watching her.
cognizance (n): knowledge, awareness
ReplyDeleteI brought my complaint to the cognizance of the administration, but they did nothing about it.
Blasphemy: the act or offense of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk. (N)
ReplyDelete- Last night his next door neighbor accused him of blasphemy, so today he was called before the council to face the consequences.
Homage(noun): Special honor or respect shown publicly.
ReplyDeleteThe people of the village pay homage to the minister, who is pious and a man with wisdom.
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ReplyDeleteSmite (verb)
ReplyDeletestrike with a firm blow
He smites his enemy with his sword.
covenant (noun) An agreement
ReplyDeleteMarriage is a strong covenant; you shouldn't have cheated on your wife!
incantation (noun): a series of words said as a magic spell or charm
ReplyDeleteWhen my child started chanting incantations I knew he had inherited the magic gene from my husband; what in the world do you do with a magical toddler?
Pious - (adj) Devoutly religious; (of a hope) sincere but unlikely to be fulfilled.
ReplyDeleteThe albino monk was a pious man; He constantly whipped and caused himself harm to show his commitment to Christ, all while Robert Langdon tried to solve the Davinci code.
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ReplyDeleteOcular - (adj) of or connected with the eyes or vision.
ReplyDeleteThe best magicians have mastered ocular trickery and can make any audience's eyes deceive them.
Besprinkle: Verb
ReplyDeletescatter with liquid, wet lightly
Already had the snow begun to besprinkle the sky, and the branches of the trees were covered with a thin layer of wet snow.
unutterable (adjective): too great, intense, or awful to describe.
ReplyDeleteLily lashed out in an unutterable way towards her mom, screaming and swearing, when she told her she couldn't go out to the party.