Frankenstein Vocab Unit 4, chs 20-24

Amiable

diffusing warmth and friendliness

Balmy

Mild and pleasant

Communion

sharing thoughts and feelings

Comply

act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes

Desolate

crushed by grief

Interchange

cause to change places

Internment

the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave

Irremediable

impossible to correct or redress

Knell

the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death

Languish

To undergo hardship as a result of being deprived of something, typically attention, independence, or freedom; To long for something that is being denied; to pine for.

Machination

a crafty and involved plot to achieve your ends

Malignant

dangerous to health

Precarious

fraught with danger

Precipitate

hurl or throw violently; to bring something on, make something happen

Presentiment

a feeling of evil to come

Salutation

an acknowledgment or expression of good will

Sanguinary

marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed

Sedulous

marked by care and persistent effort

Spurn

reject with contempt

Torpor

a state of motor and mental inactivity