Frankenstein vocab 1 Flashcards

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Desolation

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Complete emptiness or destruction

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Ardour

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British spelling of ardor. Extreme vigor extreme energy. Intensity, passion, enthusiasm

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Enticement

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Something attracting by creating hope or desire. Temptation.

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Fortitude

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Strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or adversity.

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Emaciated

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Very thin and weak especially from lack of food or illness.

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Poignant

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Deeply affecting or touching.

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Imbued

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To provide something freely or naturally.

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Loathing

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Extreme disgust extreme dislike.

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Inanimate

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Not endowed with life or sport (as in things)

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Toils

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Strenuous labor (hard work)

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Coordinating conjunctions

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FANBOYS (For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)

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Subordinating Conjunctions

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Although, since, after, once, because, whenever, If,

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Interjections

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Oh Hi My Gosh, No

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Articles

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the, a, an

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Adverb

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A word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group,

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Adjective

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Adjectives are words that describe the qualities or states of being of nouns

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Noun

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A word that refers to a thing (book), a person (Noah Webster), an animal (cat), a place (Omaha), a quality (softness), an idea (justice), or an action (yodeling)

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Preposition

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A word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause, as in “the man on the platform,” “she arrived after dinner,” “what did you do it for ?”.