Frankenstein Vocab #2
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- imprecate
- to invoke or call down(evil or curses), as upon a person
- penury
- extreme poverty
- remonstrate
- to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval
- succor
- help; relief; assistance
- immured
- to shut in; seclude or confine
- artifice
- trickery; guile; craftiness
- respite
- a delay or cessataion for a time of anything distressing or trying
- sedulous
- diligent in application or attention; perservering
- irresolute
- not resolute; doubtful
- languid
- lacking in spirit or interest; slack or slow
- execrate
- to detest utterly; abhor
- superfluous
- more than enough; overabundant; extra
- disdain
- despise; scorn
- incredulity
- inability or unwillingness to believe
- pittance
- a small amount or share
- sagacity
- acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgement
- abject
- utterly hopless, miserable, humiliating
- malignity
- intense ill will; spite; hatred
- conjecture
- formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof
- imprecation
- a curse
- profundity
- great depth of intellect, feeling, or meaning
- sanguinary
- full of or characterized by bloodshed; bloody
- despondency
- depression of spirits from loss of courage or hope; dejection
- mutable
- liable or subject to change or aleration
- visage
- the face; appearance