Vocabulary

1.) Encomium- A formal expression of high praise;eulogy.
     Ex: Examples of her poetry and an ENCOMIUM of it will be found else where.
2.) Coherent- Logically connected; consistent.
     Ex: It's funny seeing people having an INCOHERENT argument.
3.) Belabor- To explain,worry about, or work out repeatedly or more than necessary.
     Ex: There is no need to belabor the wobbly nature of this third term.
4.) Eschew- To abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid.
     Ex: Shallow, frost-protected foundations eschew site excavation costs.
5.) Acquisitive- Tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily.
     Ex: The common denominator was humanity's productive and acquisitive nature.
6.) Emulate- To try to equal or excel.
     Ex: Computer designers will have to emulate this somehow.
7.) Arrogate-To attribute or assign to another.
     Ex: Governments arrogate to themselves the right to do essentially anything they please.
8.) Banal- Devoid of freshness or originality.
     Ex: A banal or sophomoric treatment of courage on the frontier.
9.) Excoriation- To strip the skin of a human or an animal.
     Ex: Humans have excoriating parts on their body.
10.) Congeal- To curdle; coagulate, as a fluid.
       Ex: There's a fat congeal on the top of the soup.
11.) Carping- Characterized by fussy petulant faultfinding.
       Ex: That man was giving him carping criticism.
12.) Substantiate- To establish by proof or oe competent evidence.
       Ex: Yesterday I substantiated a charge.
13.) Temporize- To treat or parley so as to gain time.
       Ex: The government felt that it cannot temporize with the difficulty any further.
14.) Largesse- Generous bestowal of gifts.
       Ex: Usually, news for such largesse would be caused for celebration.
15.) Tenable- Capable of being held, maintained, or defended.
       Ex: Many  scientist have tenable theories.
16.) Insatiable-Incapable of being satisfied or pleased.
       Ex: I have an insatiable hunger for knowledge.
17.) Reconnaissance- The act of reconnoitering.
       Ex: They are now used for reconnaissance and as porters.
18.) Germane- Obsolete. Closely related.
       Ex: Please keep your comments germane to the statemant.
19.) Ramify- To divide or spread out into branches.
       Ex: They supply the muscular coat. ramify in the submucous coat.
20.) Intransigent- Refusing to agree or compromise.
       Ex: He began his own intransigent style.

Young Goodman Brown ''Symbols''

1.) Young Goodman Brown's wife, known as Faith, with her ribbons on her cap symbolizes good/positive in the story.
2.) When Goodman Brown compares Faith as an angel symbolizes good and purity.
3.) When the author said '' He had taken a dreary road, darkened by all the gloomiest trees in the forest'' he symbolizes evil/bad influences or negetivity.
4.) When the author states '' It was deep dusk in the forest, and deepest in that part of it where these two were journeying'' it symbolizes that something was wrong in the direction he was headed.
5.) The serpent on the old man's staff symbolizes evil/negativity.
6.) The old man symbolizes the devil himself!
7.) When the old man tries to convince Goodman Brown to continue on the path it symbolizes that he wants Goodman Brown to do evil.
8.) When the author says '' We are a people of prayer, and good work to boot, and abide no suck wickedness'' that the old man is trying to convince him to do evil.
9.) The old lady/Goodman Brown's old tutor symbolized a witch.
10.) The story itself symbolizes a message that has to do with the struggle of good and evil.