Frankenstein Vocab 1

Question 1

Solicitude

Answer 1

Care or concern for someone or something

Question 2

Palpable

Answer 2

Capable of being touched or felt

Question 3

inexorable

Answer 3

impossible to stop or prevent

Question 4

capitulate

Answer 4

to end resistance, give up, surrender

Question 5

countenance

Answer 5

a person’s face or facial expression

Question 6

peruse

Answer 6

to read thoroughly and carefully

Question 7

fluctuate

Answer 7

to rise and fall, inconsistent

Question 8

fervent

Answer 8

having or displaying a passionate intensity

Question 9

ardour

Answer 9

intense enthusiasm or passion

Question 10

effusion

Answer 10

free expression of words or feelings

Question 11

dogmatic

Answer 11

stubborn, inclined to lay down principles

Question 12

pedantry

Answer 12

excessive concern with minor details and rules

Question 13

poignant

Answer 13

saddening or intense regret

Question 14

inure

Answer 14

accustomed to someone or something, especially something unpleasant

Question 15

satiate

Answer 15

to satisfy

Question 16

inestimable

Answer 16

too great to calculate

Question 17

capacious

Answer 17

having a lot of space inside; roomy

Question 18

diffuse

Answer 18

to spread or scatter freely or widely

Question 19

affable

Answer 19

friendly, good natured, easy to talk to

Question 20

indefatigable

Answer 20

persisting tirelessly

Question 21

chimera

Answer 21

a thing that is hoped or wished for but is unrealistic to achieve or have

Question 22

injunction

Answer 22

an authoritative warning or order

Question 23

insurrection

Answer 23

a violent uprising against an authority or government

Question 24

consecrated

Answer 24

having been made or declared sacred

Question 25

assail

Answer 25

to make a violent attack on