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125 Cards in this Set
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edifice
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large/massive structure/building
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utopia
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visionary place where people behave with unreachable perfection
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Antinomian
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member of religious group (led by Anne Hutchinson); believed in Gods grace over good deeds; faith alone is necessary for salvation
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augur
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to foretell events (like from omens)
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beadle
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town officer/sheriff
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bond-servant
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person bound to serve without wages for certain length of time
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contumely
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using insolent/insulting language
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farthingale
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hoop-like support worn beneath the skirt to expand hemline
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heterodox
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holding unorthodox opinions contrary to accepted standard
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infamy
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public disgrace; vileness; baseness
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iniquity
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lack of fairness/justice
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malefactress
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female evildoer
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Papist
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an adherent of the Roman Catholic Church
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phantasmagoric
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fantastic effects/images as if in a dream; magic
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physiognomy
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face as of expressive of character
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remonstrance
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protest/strong opinion
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scaffold
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platform above ground upon which criminals are executed
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sumptuary regulations
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rules designed to prevent extravagance and luxury on religious grounds
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Daniel
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reference to the prophet "Daniel" who once said "weighed in the balances and found wanting"
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heterogeneous
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differing in kind; unlike
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repentance
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regret or sorrow felt for some wrongdoing; determination to reform
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transgress
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to sin/break a law, rule, or commandment
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alchemy
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chemistry of the middle ages
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bale-fire
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funeral pyre
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expostulation
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to reason earnestly
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leech
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-blood-sucking flatworm
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requital
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act of repaying/returning good or evil
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retribution
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a suitable reward/punishment for good/evil actions
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sagamores
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lower level chiefs of the Algonquin Indians
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simples
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herbal remedy with a single ingrediant
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contumaciously
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with obstinate or willful opposition to authority
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emoluments
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compensation wages
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fain
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gladly or willingly
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inquisitorial
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to examine harshly without regard for justice
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progenitors
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ancestors; forefathers
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ruffs
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large, pleated, starched collars; worn in 16th/17th century
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succour
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to help, comfort or relieve someone in distress
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talisman
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medal/stone figure that is supposed to have magical properties
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vivify
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to animate
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anathema
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person/thing cursed by church authority
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caprice
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sudden changes of mind; whim
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efficacy
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power to produce desired effects/results
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enmity
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hostility; ill will
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cabalistic
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coming from a secret scheme; intrigue
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cuirass
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armor protecting the torso
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embowed
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enclosed/sheltered (as in plants and/or trees)
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exigencies
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things requiring immediate action/attention
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gorge
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armor protecting the throat
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greaves
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armor protecting the legs (below the knees)
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panoply
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full suit of armor; worn for ceremonies
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similitude
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likeness
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catechism
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book of elementary religious instruction in form of Question and Answer
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indefeasible
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not capable of being undone
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mountebank
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scam artist
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sunder
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to sever or divide
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unhallowed
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unholy; unsactified
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withal
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besides
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appellation
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appellation
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erudition
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erudition
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nether
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below Earth's surface
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pilloried
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public humiliation in wooden frame– restrains head and hands
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tremulous
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quivering; shaking; thus timid and fearful
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armorial
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relating to, bearing a coat of arms
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burdock
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plant with prickly fruit and purplish flowers
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comport
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to conduct oneself; to agree
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palliate
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to lessen the severity/painfullness of something
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perforce
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of necessity
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propagate
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to cause to increase/multiply by reproduction
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self-abasement
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the means to demean oneself
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sexton
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minor church official
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apostolic
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handed down from Christ's disciples
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efficacious
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capable of producing the desired effect
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etherealized
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light; delicate; spiritual; heavenly
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machination
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planning/contriving; using with evil intentions
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scourge
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to whip
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smite
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to strike hard; afflict; destroy; put to death
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catarrh
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inflammation of mucus membranes of nose and throat
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expiation
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act of atoning; making amends for something (sin)
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pestilence
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fatal epidemic disease; anything harmful
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somnambulism
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sleepwalking
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abased
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humbled; degraded
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propinquity
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nearness in time/space/relationship
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weal
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ridge or welt produced on the skin by flogging
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sedulous
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steadily industrious; perseverance
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verdure
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greeness; freshness
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loquacity
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talkativeness
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repining
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feeling dejection/discomfort
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scrofula
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childhood illness; produced tubercular-like conditions
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consecration
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to set apart as sacred or hollow
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contiguity
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state of being near; adjoining; adjacent
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penance
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self-imposed suffering as expression of sorrow for sin
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penitence
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feeling sorry for sin; having confessed sin; doing penance
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colloquy
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to speak together in discussion/conference
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hieroglyphic
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pictorial symbols representing a word/sound; has hidden meaning
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inured
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to become accustomed to (pain/hardship)
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buckramed
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coarse fabric stiffened with glue
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vicissitude
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changing circumstances of life/fortune
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effluence
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something that flows; issues forth (stream)
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Spanish Main
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originally mainland of northern South America; borders Caribbean
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wampum belts
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belts of polished beads; used as money by Native Americans
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disquietude
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feeling of uneasiness, disturbance, anxiety
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morions
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helmets
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necromancy
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divining by communication with dead
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stomacher
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decorative chest covering worn under the strings of a bodice
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meridian
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highest point an object reaches in the sky
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gules
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red; usually in family coat of arms
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sable
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black
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brook
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current of life and/or swiftly moving time
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cemetery
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death; repression; sorrow
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Election Day
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pentecost
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elf
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nature; ungodliness
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forest
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moral battles to occur; darkness = evil or come out better
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"A"
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adulteress; affection; able; angel
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night
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presence of witchcraft
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forest path
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difficulty to attain morality
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Pearl
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the "scarlet letter;" absolute truth; concept of art; angel of judgement
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prison
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theme of punishment; preoccupation with repression
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red rose
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love; passion
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scaffold
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stage/platform of punishment; penance/confession
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sunlight/shadows
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waxing/waning of feelings
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tongues of flame
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pentecost
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town
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human connection
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weeds
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moral evil
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wild rosebush
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moral goodness; fertility
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witchcraft
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darkness of human spirit
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