Frankenstein volume 1 Definitions

Desolation

To feel hopelessness and emptiness

eccentricities

Quirks in behavior

Consecrate

• To make sacred or holy

• To set aside for a special purpose

Capacious

Able to hold a lot within; roomy

Endowments

A gift that can be financial or anything

Solicited

To ask for something

Ardently

Seriously and passionately

Persevering

To keep going; to not give up

Prudent

Wise and thoughtful in judgement

Amiable

Friendly

Countenance

Look on someone’s face

Ameliorate

To improve an bad situation but not fix it completely

Indefatigable

Without tiredness; containing much energy without a purpose

Sustenance

Things that are basic necessities for life that”ll keep you going

Procure

To gain something with effort

Sublime

To describe something wonderful that fills you with peace and calm; usually is “life changing”

Chivalry

To have great manners and character especially in a man

Metaphysical

Dealing with something beyond reality and what we can do with our senses; something we can only think about

Prognosticate

To predict the future

Embibe

To drink usually alcohol

Cursory

Doing something without thinking; carelessness

Dogmatism

To say something in a way that is a fact that has no evidence behind it and the person is not willing to offer proof

Proficiency

To gain skill

Unhallowed

Unsacred; not holy

Tumult

Chaos