Words I'm not sure I know:
Throng: a multitude of people
Edifice: a large building
Sepulchres: chiefly British
Burdock: head of burs
alchemy: transmuting a common little value substance into a greater value substance
vixenly: quarrelsome woman
dell: a small wooded valley
subordination: the act of placing in a lower position or rank
harangue: intense verbal attack
Inauspicious: unfavorable
denizens: resident
inanimate: lifeless
unbarred: not fastened with bars
eminence: high station, rank
attainments: achievement
bareheaded: the head uncovered
accordance: agreement
ignominy: disgrace
Words I like that Hawthorne uses:
Virtue: moral excellence
Invariably: a constant
Vicinity: the area near or about a place
thy: possessive case of thou
thine: possessive case of thou
convulsive: of the nature of or characterized by
convulsions or spasms
slumber: to sleep
retribution: requital according to merits or deserts, especially for evil
thee: the objective case of thou
entreat: to ask earnestly
elvish: prankish, impish
abyss: vast chasm
ponderous: of great weight
doth: archaic
peculiarity: odd or unusual
importunate: urgent
zeal: eager desire
eloquence: language or discourse
adornment: adds attractiveness
disastrous: causing great distress
attire: array or adorn
Throng: a multitude of people
Edifice: a large building
Sepulchres: chiefly British
Burdock: head of burs
alchemy: transmuting a common little value substance into a greater value substance
vixenly: quarrelsome woman
dell: a small wooded valley
subordination: the act of placing in a lower position or rank
harangue: intense verbal attack
Inauspicious: unfavorable
denizens: resident
inanimate: lifeless
unbarred: not fastened with bars
eminence: high station, rank
attainments: achievement
bareheaded: the head uncovered
accordance: agreement
ignominy: disgrace
Words I like that Hawthorne uses:
Virtue: moral excellence
Invariably: a constant
Vicinity: the area near or about a place
thy: possessive case of thou
thine: possessive case of thou
convulsive: of the nature of or characterized by
convulsions or spasms
slumber: to sleep
retribution: requital according to merits or deserts, especially for evil
thee: the objective case of thou
entreat: to ask earnestly
elvish: prankish, impish
abyss: vast chasm
ponderous: of great weight
doth: archaic
peculiarity: odd or unusual
importunate: urgent
zeal: eager desire
eloquence: language or discourse
adornment: adds attractiveness
disastrous: causing great distress
attire: array or adorn