Frankenstein Vocabulary Quiz

Question 1

Abstruse

Answer 1

Difficult to understand; obscure.

Question 2

Affectation

Answer 2

Behavior, speech, or writing that is artificial and designed to impress.

Question 3

Ameliorate

Answer 3

To make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve.

Question 4

Censured

Answer 4

Express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement.

Question 5

Chimerical

Answer 5

(of a mythical animal) Formed from parts of various animals; hoped for but illusory or impossible to achieve.

Question 6

Contrived

Answer 6

Deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously.

Question 7

Culled

Answer 7

Selected from a large quantity; obtained from a variety of sources.

Question 8

Dogmatic

Answer 8

(or dogmatism)
The tendency to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true, without consideration of evidence or the opinions of others.

Question 9

Effected

Answer 9

(or effect) (as opposed to AFFECT)
To cause (something) to happen; bring about.

Question 10

Impassive

Answer 10

Not feeling or showing emotion.

Question 11

Inured

Answer 11

Past tense of inure - to accustom (someone) to something, especially something unpleasant.

Question 12

Noisome

Answer 12

Disagreeable; unpleasant.

Question 13

Paroxysm

Answer 13

A sudden attack or violent expression of a particular emotion or activity.

Question 14

Procurement

Answer 14

The action of obtaining or procuring something.

Question 15

Prognostication

Answer 15

The action of foretelling or prophesying future events.

Question 16

Puerile

Answer 16

Childishly silly and trivial.

Question 17

Rankle

Answer 17

(of a comment, event, or fact)
Cause annoyance or resentment that persists.

Question 18

Repining

Answer 18

to repine
To feel or express discontent; fret.

Question 19

Solicitude

Answer 19

Care or concern for someone or something.

Question 20

Sophist

Answer 20

A person who reasons with clever but fallacious arguments.