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Frankenstein Vocab Flashcards

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A strong feeling of dislike

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Antipathy

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Hard to understand

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Abstruse

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To affirm or declare positively or earnestly

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Asseverations

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To say (something) in a very strong and definite way

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Averred

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Consuming greed, keen eagerness, affinity

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Avidity

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Not causing harm or damage

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Benignity

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The quality of being open, sincere, and honest

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Candor

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Able to hold or contain a lot, large in capacity

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Capacious

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To stop fighting an enemy or opponent

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Capitulated

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Existing only as the product of unchecked imagination, fantastically visionary or improbably

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Chimerical

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The appearance of a persons face to accept, support, or approve of

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Countenance

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To clearly show or describe (something)

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Delineate

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Lacking confidence

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Diffident

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Causing a delay, tending to be late

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Dilatoriness

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Very unhappy or sad

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Disconsolate

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Positiveness in assertion of opinion especially when unwanted or arrogant

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Dogmatism

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To cause (something) to fade or disappear

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Efface

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Lasting a very short time

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Ephemeral

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To prove that someone is not guilty or doing something wrong

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Exculpated

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A chain or shackle

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Fetter

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To cause (something or someone) to be deeply affected by a feeling or to have a certain quality

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Imbued

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Unable to be changed

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Immutable

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To invoke evil on

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Imprecate

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Not wise or sensible

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Imprudence

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Able to work or continue for a very long time without becoming tired

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Indefatigable

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The act of burying a dead person

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Interment

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Able or likely to change often

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Mutability

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Refusing to do what other people want, not willing to change your opinion or the way you do something

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Obdurate

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Something (such as a speech or piece or writing) that praises someone or something

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Panegyric

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The state of being in hell forever as a punishment after death

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Perdition

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The quality or state of being relevant

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Pertinacity

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A very steep side of a mountain or cliff; a point where danger, trouble, or difficult begins

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Precipices

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A natural liking for something

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Predilection

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To foretell signs or symptoms

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Prognosticated

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A high area of land or rock that sticks out into the sea

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Promontory

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Making good health possible or likely

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Salubrious

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Very beautiful or good; complete or extreme

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Sublime

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To deal with (a problem or a difficult situation) successfully; to be placed at the top of something

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Surmount

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To repeatedly change your opinions or desires

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Vacillating

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Old and respected

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Venerable

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