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Vocabulary in The House of the Seven Gables (view source)
Revision as of 05:31, June 25, 2024
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*propinquity - being close to someone or something, such as kinship in the sense used in the novel
*propinquity - being close to someone or something, such as kinship in the sense used in the novel
*venerable - commanding respect, usually through wisdom but here by the building; used twice in the introduction and four times in the first chapter
*venerable - commanding respect, usually through wisdom but here by the building; used twice in the introduction and four times in the first chapter
*pendant - something hanging, as from jewelry around one's neck; but here the "Pyncheon Elm ... sweeping the whole black roof with its pendant foliage"
*burdocks - a large plant that is a type of daisy having prickly burrs
== See also ==
== See also ==