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Frankenstein Terms Flashcards

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Chimerical

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Imaginary;unreal

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Salubrious

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To promote health

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Laudanum

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Combination of opium and alcohol

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Charnel house

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Place to house dead bodies

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Acme

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Highest point; perfection

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Autodidact

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Self taught

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Galvanism

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Electrical current stimulation

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Elixir

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Compound to cure all ills; provide immortality

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Physiognomy

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Interpretation of character through outward features

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Benevolent

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Good;kind; charitable

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Malevolent

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Bad;unkind; evil etc

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Alchemy

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A philosophy of chemistry and magic practiced during the Middle Ages; attempt to turn base metals into gold

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Progeny

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Product; result of a creative effort

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Golem

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Clay being given life

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Doppelgänger

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Double counterpart

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Malignity

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An instance of malicious behavior

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Recompense

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To give in compensation for damage or injury

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Countenance

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The look on ones face that reveals one’s feelings

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Pedantry

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Unnecessary display of one’s knowledge, all powerful

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Precipice

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Steep overhanging place; the brink of disaster

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Disconsolate

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Unable to be consoled

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Absolution

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Forgiveness of sins by a priest or in the eyes of god

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Abdurate

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Stubborn; resistant to persuasion; hardened in feelings

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Ignominy

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Deep personal humiliation and disgrace

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Perdition

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Utter destruction; eternal domination

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Sublime

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Awe inspiring; lofty in thought; elevated in dignity

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Venerable

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Respected; impressive by reason of age and wisdom

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Arduous

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Difficult; strenuous; hard to achieve

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Palpable

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Capable of being toughed; easily perceptible

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Omnipotence

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God-like; all seeing; all knowing; all powerful

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