Frankenstein Vocab 1

foreboding

fearful apprehension; a feeling that something bad will happen

satiate

to satisfy, quench

fortitude

courage in pain or adversity

capacious

able to hold much, roomy

cull

select from a large quantity; obtain from a variety of sources

pedantry

excessive concern with minor details and rules; a pretentious display of knowledge

indefatigable

incapable of being fatigued

chimerical

hoped for but illusory or impossible to achieve

prognosticate

foretell or prophesy a future event

mien

air, manner; appearance; expression

minutiae

the small, precise, or trivial details of something

asylum

the protection granted by a nation to someone who has left their native country as a political refugee

convalescence

gradual recovery after an illness

vacillate

alternate between different opinions or actions; be indecisive

avail

use or benefit

dilatoriness

slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it, tardiness

verdant

green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgment

dirge

a lament for the dead, especially one forming part of a funeral rite

depraved

marked by evil and corruption

perdition

a state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful and unpenitent person passes after death