frankenstein vocab

Suppliant

A person who is humbly asking for something; petitioner

Impediment

Something that makes it difficult to do or complete something

Appertaining

Belonging to or relating to

Obdurate

Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion

Pallid

Lacking in color or sparkle

Despondence

Feeling hopeless and downcast

Rapturously

Filled with joy or ecstatic

Malignity

Intense ill or hatred

Emaciated

Very thin because of hunger or disease

Incredulous

Unwilling or unable to believe something

Adjuration

An urging or advising

Recompense

Make amends for loss or harm

Enigmatic

Difficult to understand or interpret or mysterious

Approbation

The act of approving officially

Dominion

The power to rule; the land that a ruler or government controls

Ignominious

Marked by shame or disgrace

Bestowed

Presented as a gift

Inclination

A person's natural tendency to feel a certain way

Congenial

Pleasant and enjoyable

Monotonous

Lacking variety or interest

Convalescence

A gradual return to health

Endeavor

To exert oneself to do or effect something

Alleviate

Lessen or relieve

Embarkation

The act of beginning

Incoherent

Not logical or well-organized; not easy to understand

Purloined

To steal or violate a trust

Disencumbered

To relieve from hardship

Infallible

Incapable of error

Requisition

A formal act of calling one to action

Contemplated

To think deeply or carefully about something

Undulations

A rising or falling in waves

Reverential

Characterized by a feeling of awe

Annihilation

To completely destroy

Venerable

Accorded a great deal of respect

Patriarchal

Ruled by a patriarch or male

Acquiesced

Accept something reluctantly but without protest

Toilsome

Involving hard work

Pedantry

One who makes a show of being knowledgeable

Stupendous

Extremely impressive

Barbarously

Lacking culture or refinement

Omnipotent

An agency or force of unlimited power

Tyrannical

Exercising power in a cruel way or arbitrary way

Conjure

Make appear unexpectedly

Vehement

With strong emotions; zealous

Acquitted

Freed or cleared