Frankenstein Vocab

Assailed

attacked violently (physically or emotionally)

Benevolently

kindly; with good intentions

Dauntless

fearless

Eccentricities

strange or unusual behaviors

Emaciated

extremely thin or weak, usually from illness or lack of food

Encompassed

surrounded or included

Fortitude

courage in pain or adversity

Forebodings

feelings that something bad will happen

Harrowing

very distressing or painful

Melancholy

deep sadness or gloom

Sledge

a vehicle used for traveling over snow

Deplored

strongly disapproved of

Indefatigable

persistent

Apathy

lack of interest or emotion

Ardor

intense passion or enthusiasm

Caprice

a sudden change of mood or behavior

Chivalrous

brave

Elixir

a magical or medicinal potion

Imbued

inspired with a feeling

Immutable

unchanging over time

Predilection

a preference or liking for something

Slough

swamp

Sullen

gloomy or bad-tempered

Affability

friendliness or politeness

Alchemist

a person who tried to change metals into gold or find eternal life through science and magic

Annihilation

complete destruction

Imbibed

absorbed or took in ideas

Imprudence

lack of care or thought for consequences

Lapse

a temporary failure

Malignity

desire to harm

Omnipotent

all-powerful

Repugnance

strong dislike or disgust

Transmuted

changed in form or nature

Zeal

great enthusiasm for a cause

Facile

too easy

Exultation

joyful excitement

Incipient

beginning to develop or exist

Minutiae

small details

Vintage

something classic from the past

Convulsive

sudden violent movements

Palpitation

irregular heartbeat

Remorse

guilt for wrongdoing

Antipathy

strong dislike

Convalescence

the recovery period after illness

Docile

obedient and easy to manage

Fortnight

two weeks

Irksome

irritating

Odious

hateful

Vacillating

indecisive

Callous

emotionally insensitive

Conjectured

formed an opinion without proof

Irreparable

impossible to repair

Prognosticate

to predict the future

Adduced

brought forward as evidence

Gnashed

ground teeth together in anger

Hapless

unlucky

Lamentations

expressions of grief

Abyss

bottomless hole

Alighted

landed after flying

Impetuous

impulsive

Sublime

in awe

Abhor

to hate deeply

Diabolically

wickedly

Mutability

the ability to change

Precipitous

very sudden

Disconsolate

unhappy

Pandemonium

chaos

Purloined

stolen