Frankenstein ch. 11-24 Vocab

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34 Terms

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Uncouth

Crude, unrefined, awkward

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2

Offal

Waste parts of a butchered animal; rubbish

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3

Assuage

To make less severe; to satisfy or appease

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4

Purloined

Stolen

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5

Venerable

Deserving respect because of age, character, or importance

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Poignantly

Very touching, keenly distressing to the mins or feelings

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7

Exhortations

Urgings by strong appeals

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8

Conciliating

To overcome the hatred of; to win favor, make calm and amenable; pacify, reconcile

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Verdure

Fresh greenness of flourishing vegetation

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10

Indelibly

Permanently, something not easily erased

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11

Emulation

Trying to equal or excel

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12

Supplication

Humble and earnest request or prayer

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13

Sagacity

Keen, sound judgement

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14

Consternation

Great dismay; paralyzing terror

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Vestige

Trace, track, footprint

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Succor

Help, aid

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17

Sanguinary

Bloodthirsty or bloody

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18

Precipitate

To bring about suddenly; hasty, rash

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19

Machinations

Evil plottings, secret schemes

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20

Sedulous

hard-working, diligent

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21

Indolence

idleness, laziness

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22

Promontory

Point of land extending into the water

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23

Expedite

Make easy, speed up

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24

Sophisms

A plausible but mistaken argument

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25

Profundity

A deep intellectual ability

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26

Inexorable

Relentless, not capable of being

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Politic

Prudent, looking out for one’s own interests

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28

Torpor

Apathy, condition of inactivity

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29

Artifice

Ingenuity, subtle deception

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30

Invective

An abusive speech, violent attack with words

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31

Abjuration

giving up

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32

Illustrious

Celebrated, famous

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33

Purport

To claim or profess the main idea

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34

Conflagration

A big and destructive fire

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