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1). Tumult- (n.) violent and noisy commotion or disturbance of a crowd or mob; uproar (dictionary.com)

"Then ensued a murmur and half-hushed tumult; as if the auditors, released from the high spell that had transported them into the region of another's mind, were returning into themselves, with all their awe and wonder still heavy on them"(221).

2). Bequeath- (v.) Law To leave or give (personal property) by will (dictionary.com)

"Leaving this discussion apart, we have a matter of business to communicate to the reader. At old Roger Chillingworth's decease(which took place within the year), and by his last will and testament, of which Governor Bellingham and the Reverend Mr.
Wilson were executors, he bequeathed a very considerable amount of property, both here and in England, to little Pearl, the daughter of Hester Prynne"(232).