Frankenstein Vocabulary
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- inquisitive
- given to examination or investigation
- abhor
- hate
- candor
- forthrightness
- pretence
- a claim made or implied
- timorous
- fearful, of a timid disposition
- haggard
- wild in appearance
- enui
- boredom
- aver
- to verify to be true in pleading a cause
- manifest
- obvious
- commence
- to have or make a beginning
- deputation
- group of representatives
- salubrious
- promoting health or well being
- antiquity
- ancient times
- ephemera
- something of no lasting significance
- pertinacity
- very stubborn
- perambulate
- to travel over or through especially on foot, traverse
- palpitate
- throb
- adduce
- to offer as example or proof in discussion
- repugnance
- strong dislike, antagonism
- prognosticate
- to predict from present signs or indications
- sentiment
- a specific view, opinion
- undulation
- a rising and falling in waves
- conjecture
- conclusion deduced by guesswork
- sophism
- such an argument used to deceive
- indolence
- sloth, inclination to laziness
- benevolent
- disposed of doing good, generous
- presentiment
- a feeling that something will or is about to happen
- precipice
- a very steep or overhanging place
- superflous
- extra, exceeding what is necessary
- eradicate
- to pull up by the roots
- obdurate
- hardened in feelings, resistant to persuasion or softening influences
- tremulous
- affected with tremors
- perdition
- utter destruction, hell
- mien
- demeanor, way of being
- debar
- preclude
- epoch
- an extended period of time characterized......
- machinations
- crafty action intended to accomplish some usually evil end
- dissuade
- to advise a person fron doing something