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english vocab (please check them yourselves in the context from dictionary.com)

Grim- of a sinister or ghastly character

Rigidity- stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible

Petrified- to benumb or paralyze with astonishment, horror, or other strong emotion

Physiognomies- the face or countenance, esp. when considered as an index to the character

Augured- To predict, especially from signs or omens; foretell

Betokened- To be or give a sign or portent of

Tribunal- a court of justice.

Verdict- a judgment; decision

Sentiment- an attitude toward something; regard; opinion.

Severity- harshness, sternness, or rigor

Inference- The act or process of deriving logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true.

Indubitably- Too apparent to be doubted; unquestionable.

Bond-servant- a person bound to service without wages.

Civil- of the commonwealth or state

Antinomian- a person who maintains that Christians are freed from the moral law by virtue of grace as set forth in the gospel.

Quaker- a popular name for a member of the Religious Society of Friends

Heterodox- holding unorthodox doctrines or opinions.

Idle- not working or active;

Vagrant- a person who wanders about idly and has no permanent home or employment; vagabond; tramp.

Magistrate- a civil officer charged with the administration of the law.

Solemnity- grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood:

Demeanor- conduct; behavior; deportment

Befitted- to be proper or appropriate for; suit; fit

Interfused- to intersperse, intermingle, or permeate with something.

Venerable- commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity

Awful- extremely bad; unpleasant; ugly

Scaffold- .an elevated platform on which a criminal is executed, usually by hanging.

Mocking- To treat with ridicule or contempt; deride.

Infamy- extremely bad reputation, public reproach, or strong condemnation as the result of a shameful, criminal, or outrageous act

Invested- To commit (money or capital) in order to gain a financial return

Penal- of, pertaining to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.

Infliction- To deal or mete out (something punishing or burdensome); impose

Ensue- to follow in order; come afterward, esp. in immediate succession

Refinement- fineness or elegance of feeling, taste, manners, language, etc.

Farthingale- a hoop skirt or framework for expanding a woman's skirt, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Impropriety- the quality or condition of being improper; incorrectness.

Throng- a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.

Successive- following in order or in uninterrupted sequence; consecutive

Unsuitable- inappropriate; unfitting

Whit- a particle; bit; jot

Ruddy- of or having a fresh, healthy red color

Rotundity- the condition or quality of roundness or plumpness, as of an object or person.

Matrons- A married woman or a widow, especially a mother of dignity, mature age, and established social position.

Purport- to present, esp. deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely:

Behoof- use; advantage; benefit

Repute- estimation in the view of others; reputation

Malefactresses- a woman who violates the law or does evil.

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