Frankenstein Vocab #2

Question 1

benevolent

Answer 1

well meaning and kindly

Question 2

calamity

Answer 2

disaster

Question 3

commiserate

Answer 3

to sympathize with

Question 4

conflagration

Answer 4

a larger destructive fire

Question 5

capacious

Answer 5

spacious

Question 6

caprice

Answer 6

whim

Question 7

carnage

Answer 7

bloody and extensive slaughter

Question 8

countenance

Answer 8

a person’s face or facial expression

Question 9

cursory

Answer 9

hasty and superficial (going really quick without noticing details)

Question 10

debilitated

Answer 10

weak and feeble

Question 11

detrimental

Answer 11

harmful ; damaging

Question 12

dilate

Answer 12

to make larger ; expand

Question 13

emaciated

Answer 13

extremely thin ; wasted away

Question 14

epithet

Answer 14

a descriptive name or phrase used to characterize someone or something (nickname or title of someone)

Question 15

exhortation

Answer 15

urgent recommendation or advice

Question 16

expedient

Answer 16

a means to an end

Question 17

fetter

Answer 17

to restrain ; to hamper (like a leash)

Question 18

harrowing

Answer 18

extremely distressing ; terrifying

Question 19

ignominy

Answer 19

public shame or disgrace

Question 20

immutable

Answer 20

unchangeable

Question 21

imperious

Answer 21

domineering (behave like a lord) ; haughty

Question 22

inclemency

Answer 22

storminess

Question 23

indefatigable

Answer 23

persisting tirelessly

Question 24

indolence

Answer 24

laziness

Question 25

inexorable

Answer 25

impossible to stop or prevent

Question 26

languid

Answer 26

slow, sluggish, listless, weak