Frankenstein Flashcards
Emaciate
V
To make abnormally thin or lean by gradually wasting away (not always people)
Weakens decay waste away
Grow strengthen develop
Imbue
Verb
Inspire or permeate with feeling or quality
Instill infuse ingrain
Drain remove take out
Imbibe
V
Absorb or assimilate ideas knowledge food liquid
Learn absorb digest take in grasp consume
Ignore overlook abstain
Inclemency
N
Severe rough or harsh (usually weather)
Storminess cold roughness harshness
Mildness calmness gentleness clearness warmness
Indefatigable
Adj
Able to work or continue for a long time without tiring out
Tiredness determined unwearied persistent inexhaustible
Tired weary lazy inactive
Procure
V
Obtain something
Get obtain acquire buy
Give away let go reject
Prognosticate
V
Foretell or predict and event in the future
Predict prophecy forecast foretell foresee
None
Prudence
N
Careful good judgement allows someone to avoid danger or risks
Carefulness caution
Carelessness recklessness wildness
Repine
V
To feel or express discontent
Complain grumble moan fret lament
Delight rejoice praise compliment
Abstruse
Adj
Difficult to understand
Obscure cryptic difficult puzzling
Clear obvious simple lucid