Unit 2: Frankenstein

Question 1

Desolation

Answer 1

devastation; ruin; barrenness; loneliness

Question 2

Injunction

Answer 2

command; order; admonition

Question 3

Capacious

Answer 3

capable of holding much; spacious; roomy

Question 4

Prudent

Answer 4

wise; discreet; careful in providing for the future

Question 5

Impertinent

Answer 5

intrusive; uncivil; insolently rude; not relevant; inappropriate

Question 6

Ameliorate

Answer 6

to make or become better; more bearable; more satisfactory; improve

Question 7

Indefatigable

Answer 7

incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring

Question 8

Pretension

Answer 8

a claim or title to something; a claim to dignity, importance, or merit

Question 9

Chimeras

Answer 9

a horrible or unreal creature of the imagination with disparate parts (lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a serpent’s tail)

Question 10

Panegyric

Answer 10

formal or elaborate praise

Question 11

Affability

Answer 11

friendly; pleasant; cordial; easy to approach and talk to

Question 12

Dogmatism

Answer 12

unfounded positiveness in matters of opinion; arrogant assertion of opinions as truths

Question 13

Pedantry

Answer 13

slavish attention to rules, details, etc.; the practice of a person who overemphasizes rules or minor details

Question 14

Languor

Answer 14

lack of spirit, energy or vitality

Question 15

Pertinacity

Answer 15

persistence; the quality of being stubborn

Question 16

Approbation

Answer 16

approval; commendation

Question 17

Diffident

Answer 17

lacking confidence in one’s own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy

Question 18

Verdant

Answer 18

green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass

Question 19

Desolating

Answer 19

to lay waste; devastate; to deprive of inhabitants

Question 20

Prognosticate

Answer 20

to forecast or predict from present indications or signs; prophesy

Question 21

Ignominious

Answer 21

discreditable; humiliating; marked by or attended with ignominy(disgrace, dishonor)

Question 22

Exculpated

Answer 22

to clear from a charge of guilt or fault; free from blame; vindicate

Question 23

Obdurate

Answer 23

unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding

Question 24

Augmenting

Answer 24

to make larger

Question 25

Malice

Answer 25

desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering

Question 26

Precipitous

Answer 26

extremely or impassably steep

Question 27

Glacier

Answer 27

an extended mass of ice formed from snow fall accumulating over the years

Question 28

Uncouth

Answer 28

awkward, clumsy, or unmannerly

Question 29

Despondence

Answer 29

depression of spirits from loss of courage or hope; dejection

Question 30

Benevolent

Answer 30

desiring to help others; charitable

Question 31

Barbarous

Answer 31

uncivilized; wild; savage; crude

Question 32

Arbiters

Answer 32

a person who has the sole or absolute power of judging or determining

Question 33

Conciliating

Answer 33

to overcome the distrust or hostility of; placate; win over

Question 34

Hasten

Answer 34

hurry; to move or act quickly

Question 35

Conjecture

Answer 35

an opinion or theory so formed or expressed; guess; speculation

Question 36

Affluence

Answer 36

abundant supply, as of thoughts or words; or an abundance of money, property, material goods

Question 37

Puerile

Answer 37

childishly foolish; immature or trivial

Question 38

Deprecate

Answer 38

to express earnest disapproval of; protest against

Question 39

Tumultuous

Answer 39

raising a great clatter and commotion; disorderly or noisy

Question 40

Sagacity

Answer 40

acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgement

Question 41

Impotence

Answer 41

sterility; weakness

Question 42

Gesticulations

Answer 42

an animated or excited gesture

Question 43

Malignity

Answer 43

the state or character of being malign(evil)

Question 44

Shunned

Answer 44

to keep away from; take pains to avoid

Question 45

Undulations

Answer 45

a wavy form or outline; a series of wavelike bends, curves, or elevations

Question 46

Repugnance

Answer 46

strong distaste, aversion, or objection

Question 47

Indolence

Answer 47

the quality or states of being lazy. inactive, slothful

Question 48

Mien

Answer 48

air, being, demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.

Question 49

Penury

Answer 49

extreme poverty; scarcity; inadequacy; insufficiency

Question 50

Propagated

Answer 50

to spread; to transmit; to reproduce; to increase

Question 51

Dissipate

Answer 51

to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel; deplete

Question 52

Perturbed

Answer 52

to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate

Question 53

Languid

Answer 53

lacking in spirit or interest; indifferent

Question 54

Paroxysms

Answer 54

any sudden, violent outburst

Question 55

Consecrate

Answer 55

to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to a purpose

Question 56

Torpor

Answer 56

sluggish inactivity; lethargic indifference

Question 57

Omnipotent

Answer 57

having very great or unlimited authority or power; god

Question 58

Report

Answer 58

the result of observation

Question 59

Incredulity

Answer 59

inability or unwillingness to believe

Question 60

Degradation

Answer 60

the state of being reduced; to lower in dignity or estimation

Question 61

Opprobrium

Answer 61

a cause or object of such disgrace or reproach