English Vocab List Frankenstein

45 terms from Frankenstein

Fervent

felt very strongly; having or showing very strong feelings

Inure

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

Repose

a state of resting after exertion or strain; rest in slee

Beneficence

the quality or state of doing or producing good

Ameliorate

to make something better or less painful

Paroxysm

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

Ardent

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

Harrowing

acutely distressing

Delineate

to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail

Traverse

to move to and fro over or along

Mien

air or bearing especially as expressive of attitude or personality; demeanor

Vacillate

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

Antipathy

settled aversion or dislike

Encomium

glowing and warmly enthusiastic praise

Dilatoriness

a state of procrastination or delay, tardiness

Perambulation

walking about, traveling, or traversing

Salubrious

favorable to or promoting health or well-being

Ignominy

deep personal humiliation and disgrace

Exculpate

to clear from alleged fault or guilt

Execrate

to declare to be evil or detestable, to denounce

Timorous

of a timid disposition, fearful

Wanton

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

Bauble

a trinket, something of trifling appea

Obdurate

stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

Perdition

eternal damnation

Inexorable

not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped; relentless

Augment

to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense

Efface

to make (oneself) modestly or shyly inconspicuous

Abhorrence

the act or state of feeling extreme repugnance; loathing

Ephemeral

lasting a very short time

Epoch

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

Dormant

temporarily devoid of external activity

Assuage

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

Purloined

something wrongfully appropriated and often by a breach of trust

Myriad

a great number or amount of something

Sedulous

involving or accomplished with careful perseverance, diligent in application or pursuit

Undulation

a wavelike motion to and fro; vibration

Indolence

inclination to laziness; sloth

Remonstrate

to say or plead in protest, reproof, or opposition

Torpor

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

Abjuration

the act or process of rejecting (something) formally

Immutable

unable to be changed

Rend

to tear something into pieces with force or violence

Sublime

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

Reverberate

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