English Vocab from Frankenstein
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- Satiate
- v-to satisfy fully
- to peruse
- v-to examine w/ attention and detail
- effusion
- n-pouring forth
- to inure
- v-to become accustomed to; to become hardened to
- to assail
- v-to assult
- capacious
- adj-spacious
- dross
- n-waste matter; worthless impurities
- inexorable
- adj-rentless; unyielding; implacable
- prudent
- adj-catious; careful
- to capitulate
- v-to surrender
- to conciliate
- v - to reconcile; to sothe
- paroxysm
- n-a fit or attack of pain, laughter, rage
- fastidious
- adj-difficult to please; squeamish
- irrevocable
- adj-unalterable
- indefatigalbe
- adj-tireless
- efffectual
- adj-efficient
- adversity
- n-poverty; misfortune
- disconsolate
- adj-sad
- penury
- n-extreme poverty
- caprice
- n-whim
- ignoble
- adj-of lowly orgin; unworthy
- predilection
- n-preference; partiality
- apathy
- n-lack of caring; indifference
- chimerical
- adj-fantastic; highly imaginative
- tyro
- n-beginner; novice
- despicable
- adj-contemptible
- immutable
- adj-unchageable
- progeny
- n-childern; offspring
- repugnace
- n-loathing
- omnipotent
- adj-all powerful
- uncouth
- adj-clumsy; boorish
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to reprobate
reprobation
reprobate -
v-to disapprove
n-serve disapproval
n-a person hardened in sin, devoid of a sense of decency - panegyric
- n-formal praise
- palpable
- adj-tangible; easily perceptible
- mien
- n-demeanor; bearing
- discrimination
- n-ability to see differences; prejudice
- dogmatic
- adj-opinionated; obstinate; rigid
- pedantry
- n-undue display of learning; slavish attention to detail
- infallible
- unerring
- incipient
- adj-beginning; in an early stage
- to delineate
- v-to describe or outline with percision
- lassitude
- n-languor; weakness
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incredulous
credulous -
adj-skeptical; withholding
adj-believing with slight evidence; gulliable - pertinacity
- n-stubbornness
- perversity
- n-stubborn maintenance to a wrong cause
- to chastise
- v-to punish
- to vacillate
- v-to fluctuate; to waver
- antipathy
- n-aversion; dislike
- encomium
- n-praise; eulogy
- approbation
- n-approval
- diffident
- adj-shy
- dilatory
- adj-delaying
- saulubrious
- adj-healthful
- callous
- adj-hardened; unfeeling
- depravity
- n-corruption; wickedness
- infamy
- n-notorious badness
- to exculpate
- v-to clear from blame
- to execrate
- v-to curse; to express abhorrence to
- igominy
- n-disgrace
- obdurate
- adj-stubborn
- perdition
- n-damnation; complete ruin
- complacency
- n-self-satisfaction
- to efface
- v-to rub out; to eliminate
- sacrilege
- n- a desecrating and profane act
- ephemeral
- adj - short lived; fleeting
- distain
- n- scorn;contempt
- diabolical
- adj - devilish
- clemency
- n - disposition to be lenient
- exultation
- n - rejoicing
- impervious
- adj - not penetrable
- to assuage
- v - to ease; to lessen
- pensive
- adj - thoughtful
- enigmatic
- adj - obscure; puzzling
- mortification
- n- humiliation
- despondence
- n - depression; gloominess
- to diffuse
- v - to spread in all directions
- to dissipate
- v - to squander
- cursory
- adj - casual; hastily done
- degradation
- n - lowering in rank; debasement
- flagrant
- adj - conspicuously wicked
- sagacity
- n - wisdom
- irresolute
- adj - uncertain how to act; weak
- wanton
- adj - unruly; unchaste; excessive
- impotent
- adj - weak; ineffective
- succor
- n - aid; assistance; relief
- redress
- n - remedy; compensation
- to imprecate
- v - to curse; to pray that evil will befall
- sanguinary
- adj - bloody
- to extort
- v - to wring from; to get money by threats
- feint
- n - trick;shift; sham blow
- sedulous
- adj - diligent
- indolence
- n - laziness
- insolent
- adj - haughty and contemptuous
- ennui
- n- boredom
- to exismpedite
- v - to hasten
- to remonstrate
- v- to protest
- presentiment
- n - premonition; foreboding
- sophism
- n - fallacious reasoning
- augury
- n-omen; prophecy
- acme
- n-top; pinacle
- invective
- n-abuse
- adjuration
- n-solemn urging
- to extricate
- v- to free; to disentangle
- stigma
- n-token of disgrace; brand
- to consummate
- v-to complete
- opprobrium
- n-infamy; vilification