Frankenstein Vocab Flashcards
A strong feeling of dislike
Antipathy
Hard to understand
Abstruse
To affirm or declare positively or earnestly
Asseverations
To say (something) in a very strong and definite way
Averred
Consuming greed, keen eagerness, affinity
Avidity
Not causing harm or damage
Benignity
The quality of being open, sincere, and honest
Candor
Able to hold or contain a lot, large in capacity
Capacious
To stop fighting an enemy or opponent
Capitulated
Existing only as the product of unchecked imagination, fantastically visionary or improbably
Chimerical
The appearance of a persons face to accept, support, or approve of
Countenance
To clearly show or describe (something)
Delineate
Lacking confidence
Diffident
Causing a delay, tending to be late
Dilatoriness
Very unhappy or sad
Disconsolate
Positiveness in assertion of opinion especially when unwanted or arrogant
Dogmatism
To cause (something) to fade or disappear
Efface
Lasting a very short time
Ephemeral
To prove that someone is not guilty or doing something wrong
Exculpated
A chain or shackle
Fetter
To cause (something or someone) to be deeply affected by a feeling or to have a certain quality
Imbued
Unable to be changed
Immutable
To invoke evil on
Imprecate
Not wise or sensible
Imprudence
Able to work or continue for a very long time without becoming tired
Indefatigable
The act of burying a dead person
Interment
Able or likely to change often
Mutability
Refusing to do what other people want, not willing to change your opinion or the way you do something
Obdurate
Something (such as a speech or piece or writing) that praises someone or something
Panegyric
The state of being in hell forever as a punishment after death
Perdition
The quality or state of being relevant
Pertinacity
A very steep side of a mountain or cliff; a point where danger, trouble, or difficult begins
Precipices
A natural liking for something
Predilection
To foretell signs or symptoms
Prognosticated
A high area of land or rock that sticks out into the sea
Promontory
Making good health possible or likely
Salubrious
Very beautiful or good; complete or extreme
Sublime
To deal with (a problem or a difficult situation) successfully; to be placed at the top of something
Surmount
To repeatedly change your opinions or desires
Vacillating
Old and respected
Venerable
