Frankenstein Vocabulary Chapters 1-12
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- salubrious
- conducive or favorable to health or well being
- placid
- calm or quiet; satisfied
- palpitation
- a trembling or shaking; rapid beating or pulsing of the heart
- chimerical
- highly unprobable, fanciful; a very small amount
- clemency
- a disposition to show mercy
- ameliorate
- to make or become better; improve
- pensive
- often wistfully or dreamily thoughtful
- ardent
- characterized by warmth or feeling; passionate
- metaphysical
- highly abstract or theoretical
- purloin
- to steal; often in a violation of trust
- peruse
- to read or examine, typically with great care
- oblivion
- total forgetfulness
- alleviate
- to make more bearable
- procrastinate
- to put off doing something; to postpone
- enigmatic
- puzzling
- pittance
- a meager monetary allowance
- tyro
- a beginner in learning something
- timorous
- full of apprehensiveness; timid
- enervate
- to weaken or destroy the strength or vitality