Frankenstein Flashcards
Abstruse
hard to understand
S: secret
A: obvious
Antipathy
a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance
S: aversion
A: attraction
Asseverations
an emphatic assertion
S: affirmation
A: denial
Averred
to assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner.
S:affirm
A:deny
Avidity
agerness; greediness
S: excitment
A: apathy
Benignity
kindness
S: charity
A: cruelty
Candor
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness
S: directness
A: lying
Capacious
apable of holding much; spacious or roomy
S: broad
A: cramped
Capitulated
to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms
S: surrender
A: fight
Chimerical
unreal; imaginary; visionary
S: absurd
A: apparent
Countenance
appearance, especially the look or expression of the face
S: demeanor
A: accept
Delineate
to trace the outline of; sketch or trace in outline; represent pictorially
S: define
A: confuse
Diffident
lacking confidence in one’s own ability, worth, or fitness
S: timid
A: bold
Dilatoriness
tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy
S: apathy
A: activity
Disconsolate
without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable
S: inconsolable
A: cheerful
Dogmatism
unfounded positiveness in matters of opinion; arrogant assertion of opinions as truths
S: bias
A: fairness