Noun

1. A member of a 16th and 17th century protestant group in England and New England opposing as unscriptural the ceremonial worship and the prelacy of the church of England.
2. One who practices or preaches a more rigorous or professedly purer moral code than that which prevails.

” ‘Such company, thou wouldst say,’ observed the elder person, interrupting his pause. ‘Well said, Goodman Brown! I have been as well acquainted with your family as with ever a one among the Puritans; and that’s no trifle to say.” (Hawthorne, 18, PDF) – Young Goodman Brown

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Noun

1. An expression of great sorrow or deep sadness

“There was one voice, of a young woman, uttering lamentations, yet with an uncertain sorrow, and entreating for some favor, which, perhaps, it would grieve her to obtain.” (Hawthorne, 47, PDF) -Young Goodman Brown

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Noun

1. The heavens or the sky, especially when regarded as a tangible thing.

“while he still gazed upward, into the deep arch of the firmament, and had lifted his hands to pray, a cloud, though no wind was stirring, hurried across the zenith, and hid the brightening stars.” (Hawthorne 47, PDF) – Young Goodman Brown

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Noun

1. A summary of the principles of christian religion in the form of questions and answers, used for the instruction of christians.
2. A series of fixed questions, answers, or precepts used for instruction in other situations.

” ‘ That old woman taught me my catechism!’ said the young man; and there was a world of meaning in this simple comment.” (Hawthorne 37, PDF) – Young Goodman Brown

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Adjective

1. Too many to be counted.

“With this excellent resolve for the future, Goodman Brown felt himself justified in making more haste on his present evil purpose. He had taken a dreary road, darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest, which barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind. It was all as lonely as could be; and there is this peculiarity in such a solitude, that the traveller knows not who may be concealed by the innumerable trunks and the thick boughs overheard; so that, with lonely footsteps, he may yet be passing through an unseen multitude.” (Hawthorne 8, PDF) – Young Goodman Brown

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Noun

1. Amusement, especially as expressed in laughter.

“Thus far, the elder traveller had listened with due gravity, but now burst into a fit of irrepressible mirth, shaking himself so violently, that his snake-like staff actually seemed to wriggle in sympathy.” (Hawthrone 22, PDF) – Young Goodman Brown

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Noun

1. Hostility and ill treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs.
2. persistent annoyance or harassment.

“Baby Suggs died shortly after the brothers left, with no interest whatsoever in their leave-taking or hers, and right afterward Sethe and Denver decided to end the persecution by calling forth the ghost that tried them so.” (Morrison 1, PDF) – Beloved

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Adjective

1. not sociable or gregarious; withdrawn from society
2. indifferent to or averse to conforming to conventional standards of behavior.
3. inconsiderate of others; selfish; egocentric.

“I grew up in Spokane, moved to Seattle twenty-three years ago for college, flunked out after two semesters, worked various blue- and bluer-collar jobs, married two or three times, fathered two or three kids, and then went crazy. Of course, crazy is not the official definition of my mental problem, but I don’t think asocial disorder fits it, either, because that makes me sound like I’m a serial killer or something.” – What You Pawn I Will Redeem by Sherman Alexie

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