Frankenstein vocab

discernment

the ability to judge well

fortitude

courage in pain or adversity

emaciate

abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or lack of food

magnitude

the size, extent, or importance of something

impel

to feel a strong desire to do something, urge

bestow

to give as a gift

decisive

so important as to determine what the result of something will be determinative

perpetrate

to carry out a crime, to do something bad to others.

ephemeral

lasting a very short time

docile

obedient or compliant, easily led or managed

clemency

merciful treatment, merciful or lenient disposition in one who has the power to administer punishment.

assuage

to make less painful or intense; to appease or quench

adjacent

close by or next to something, sharing a boarder

venerable

old and highly respected; deserving of respect due to one’s age and achievements

arbiter

a person invested with the power to settle an argument or make a decision; a person whose judgement is considered authoritative

cursory

hasty or rapid; done or made quickly

affluence

the state of having a great deal of money; wealth

extort

to obtain something by resorting to threats and or blackmail

sagacity

the quality of being sagacious

hypocritical

characterized by self-contradiction; the behavior of people who do things that they tell other people not to do.

peruse

to leisurely look at something

animate

lively

disquite

to make someone worried or nervous

sentiment

the feeling

earnestly

wholeheartedly

sublime

happy, delight, perfect

virtuous

having high morals

decipher

to interpenetrate

sympathy

feeling bad for someone

hasten

go faster

elude

to escape

resolve

to make a firm decision to do something

dissipate

to separate into parts and fade away; to cause to spread thin and gradually vanish

incredulity

a feeling of being unable to believe something. disbelief

conscience

the part of the mind that determines if something is right or wrong