Frankenstein Vocabulary Vandegrift

benign

(a) Harmless

panegyric

(n) A sermon marking someone’s death

pedantry

(n) Teaching, education

pedantic

(a) Relating to pedantry

rapture

(n) a state of ecstasy, the second coming of Christ

consummation

(n) The final result of a project or effort

minutiae

(n) The fine details of something

pertanicity

(n) Perseverance, endurance

odious

(a) Repulsive, worthy of hate

convalescense

(n) Recovery from an illness

vacillate

(v) Oscillate, move back and forth

salubrious

(a) Healthy, beneficial to one’s health

specter

(n) A ghost taking on a human form

fetter

(n) A chain used to bind a person or an animal by its legs, (v) To shackle someone with such chains

solemnity

(n) Noun form of solemn, something’s solemn nature

consolation

(n) Acts or words presented to comfort someone who has suffered a loss, acts which console someone

paroxysm

(n) A visceral exclamation, a knee-jerk shout or yell

sledge

(n) A sleigh or sled pulled by animals

countenance

(n) Face, facial expression

metaphysical

(a) Pertaining to the supernatural, God, or deities

tertiary

(a) The Latinate ordinal number corresponding to three

dote

(v) Pamper, coddle, spoil

cull

(v) To trim, fine-tune by removing, prune

caprice

(n) Whim, choice based only on desire

elixir

(n) A mythical potion or medicine with supernatural powers