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Chapter 2

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• Physiognomies : facial features held to show qualities of mind or character by their

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• Augured: foretold

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• Indubitably : unquestionably

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• Antinomian : one who rejects a socially established morality

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• Heterodox : holding unorthodox opinions or doctrine

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• Scourged : subjected to severe criticism

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• Infamy: fame for something evil

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• Farthingale: a support worn beneath a skirt to expand it a the hip line

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• Rotundity : roundness

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• Behoof: advantage

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• Trow: believe

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• Abashed : embarrassed

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• Sumptuary: designed to regulate habits on moral or religious grounds

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• Gentility : the upper class

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• Evanescent : tending to vanish

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like vapor

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• Ignominy: disgraceful or dishonorable conduct

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quality

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• Brazen : bold

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• Meridian : midday; noon

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• Iniquity : wickedness

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• Visage: face

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• Mien: appearance; aspect

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• Countenances : looks; expressions

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• Preternatural : exceeding what is natural

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• Remonstrance : objections

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• Cloister : area within a monastery

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● Etymologist : one who studies word derivations

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