English Frankenstein Vocab
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- livid
- discolored appearance caused by a bruise; being extremely enraged
- solicitude
- the state of being concerned and anxious
- accede
- to give consent, approval, or adherence; to agree
- encompassed
- to from a circle about, to go completely around
- timorous
- full of fear; fearful
- eccentricities
- strange behavior
- obdurate
- unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn
- docile
- easily managed or handled; tractable
- antipathy
- opposition in feeling
- capacious
- containing or capable of containing a great deal
- adversity
- misfortune; a state, condition, or instance of serious or continued difficulty or adverse fortune
- alleviate
- to make easier to endure; lessen
- fervent
- exhibiting or marked by great intensity of feeling
- benevolent
- marked by or disposed to doing good; organized for the purpose of doing good
- ascertain
- to make certain, exact, or precise; to make clearly or definitely known
- fortitude
- strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bare pain or adversity with courage
- obliterate
- to remove utterly from recognition or memory; to remove from existence
- insurrection
- an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government
- refrain
- hesitant; to keep oneself from doing, feeling, or indulging in something and from following a passing impulse
- persevering
- sticking to a goal; to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counter influences, opposition, or discouragement
- emaciated
- to cause to lose flesh so as to become very thin
- vacillating
- not resolute; hesitant
- oppress
- to crush or burden by abuse of power or authority; to burden spiritually or mentally
- approbation
- approval; commendation
- ardor
- an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling
- predilection
- to love more, prefer; an established preference for something
- satiate
- to satisfy
- salubrious
- favorable to or promoting health; healthful
- immutable
- not capable of or susceptible to change
- preceding
- afterwards; following
- repugnance
- the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsitent
- facile
- easily accomplished or attained
- odious
- deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable
- amiable
- pleasing, admirable; generally agreeable; friendly
- ignominy
- disgrace; dishonor; public contempt
- avid
- enthusiasm; eagerness
- chastise
- to discipline; to criticize severely