Frankenstein Vocab

Fervent

(adj) felt very strongly; having or showing very strong feelings

Inure

(v) to cause (someone) to be less affected by something unpleasant

Repose

(n) a state of resting after exertion or strain; rest in sleep

Beneficence

(n) the quality or state of doing or producing good

Ameliorate

(v) to make something better or less painful

Paroxysm

(n) a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease); convulsion

Ardent

(adj) characterized by warmth of feeling typically expressed in eager zealous support or activity

Harrowing

(adj) acutely distressing

Delineate

(v) to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail

Traverse

(v) to move to and fro over or along

Mien

(n) air or bearing especially as expressive of attitude or personality; demeanor

Vacillate

(v) to waver in mind, will, or feeling :  hesitate in choice of opinions or courses

Antipathy

(n) settled aversion or dislike

Encomium

(n) glowing and warmly enthusiastic praise

Dilatoriness

(n) a state of procrastination or delay, tardiness

Perambulation

(n) walking about, traveling, or traversing

Salubrious

(adj) favorable to or promoting health or well-being

Ignominy

(n) deep personal humiliation and disgrace

Exculpate

(v) to clear from alleged fault or guilt

Execrate

(v) to declare to be evil or detestable, to denounce

Timorous

(adj) of a timid disposition, fearful

Wanton

(adj) showing no thought or care for the rights, feelings, or safety of others

Bauble

(n) a trinket, something of trifling appeal

Obdurate

(adj) stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

Perdition

(n) eternal damnation

Inexorable

(adj) not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped; relentless

Augment

(v) to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense

Efface

(v) to make (oneself) modestly or shyly inconspicuous

Abhorrence

(n) the act or state of feeling extreme repugnance; loathing

Ephemeral

(adj) lasting a very short time

Epoch

(n) an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development

Dormant

(adj) temporarily devoid of external activity

Assuage

(v) to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses); to ease

Purloined

(adj) wrongfully appropriated and often by a breach of trust

Myriad

(n) a great number or amount of something

Sedulous

(adj) involving or accomplished with careful perseverance, diligent in application or pursuit

Undulation

(n) a wavelike motion to and fro; vibration

Indolence

(n) inclination to laziness; sloth

Remonstrate

(v) to say or plead in protest, reproof, or opposition

Torpor

(n) apathy, dullness; a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility

Abjuration

(n) the act or process of rejecting (something) formally

Immutable

(adj) unable to be changed

Rend

(v) to tear something into pieces with force or violence

Sublime

(adj) lofty, grand, or exalted in thought, expression, or manner; of outstanding spiritual or moral worth

Reverberate

(v) to continue in or as if in a series of echoes; to resound