Frankenstein Vocab #2

Perdition

Eternal damnation

Maw

The receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing

Ephemeral

Lasting a very short time

Inexorable

Not to be persuaded

Incommoded

To give inconvenience or distress to

Exculpated

To clear from alleged fault or guilt

Purloin

To appropriate wrongfully and often by a breach of trust

Viand

An item of food, especially when used for grazing

Herbage

Vegetation (as grass), especially when used for grazing

Scion

Descendant, child, heir; usually from a wealthy or influential family

Indelible

That cannot be removed, washed away, or erased

Exhortation

Language intended to incite or encourage

Epithets

A disparaging or abusive word or phrase

Siroc

In general, any hot, dry wind or cyclonic origin, blowing from arid or heated regions

Machinations

A scheming or crafty action or artful design intended to accomplish some usually evil end

Cataract

Steep rapids in a river

Superscription

Something written or engraved on the surface of, outside, or above something else

Presentiment

A feeling that something will or is about to happen

Insuperable

Incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved

Propagate

To pass along to offspring

Assize

A judicial inquest

Turnkey

One who has charge of a prison’s keys

Bier

A stand on which a corpse or coffin is placed

Vales

Valley, dale

Stigma

A mark of shame or discredit

Asseverate

To affirm or declare positively or earnestly

Auguries

Divination from auspices or omens, portent

Adjuration

An earnest urging or advising, a solemn oath

Contumely

Harsh language or treatment arising from haughtiness and contempt

Actuated

To move to action