Frankenstein Vocab Chapters 17-19

Question 1

Extort

Answer 1

To obtain something by resorting to threats and/or blackmail.

Question 2

Sympathy

Answer 2

The act of sharing the feelings of another person; the act of exhibiting sensitivity to the feelings of another person.

Question 3

Undulation

Answer 3

A wavelike motion; a rising and falling of waves.

Question 4

Hasten

Answer 4

To increase the speed with which one is doing something; to move or travel in a quick or hurried manner; to cause something to happen earlier than it normally would.

Question 5

Impulse

Answer 5

A sudden strong desire to do something

Question 6

Machination

Answer 6

A crafty plan to do something, especially, something evil.

Question 7

Indolence

Answer 7

Laziness, slothfulness, idleness.

Question 8

Variegated

Answer 8

Characterized by many different colors or markings; full of variety.

Question 9

Replete

Answer 9

Filled or plentiful; having a lot of something.

Question 10

Insurmountable

Answer 10

Impossible to solve.

Question 11

Inquisitive

Answer 11

Curious and eager to learn more; inclined to ask questions.

Question 12

Ennui

Answer 12

A feeling of extreme boredom, weariness, or lassitude.

Question 13

Frenzy

Answer 13

A bout for wild and uncontrolled activity.

Question 14

Foreboding

Answer 14

A feeling that something bad is going to happen.