englsh vocab pt 2. frankenstine

salubrious

(adj.) promoting health or well-bein

adduce

(v.) To bring forth as evidence; to use as an example

obdurate

(adj.) stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action

ignominy

(n.) shame and disgrace

perdition

(n.) damnation; ruin; hell

incommode

(v.) to inconvenience (someone)

viand

(n.) an article of food

scion

(n.) descendant; heir

abject

(adj.) degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved

sally

(v.) to rush forward suddenly, usually from a defensive position (n.) a sudden rushing forth

flagrant

(adj.) extremely bad, glaring; scandalous, notorious

indelible

(adj.) not able to be erased or removed; memorable

portmanteau

(n.) a large trunk or suitcase, typically made of stiff leather and opening into two equal parts

disquisition

(n.) formal systematic inquiry; explanation of the results of a formal inquiry; long formal speech or written report

sagacity

(n.) shrewdness, soundness of perspective

wantonly

(adv.) without discipline, without restrain, recklessly

imprecate

(v.) to utter (a curse) or invoke (evil) against someone or something

sanguinary

(adj.) bloodthirsty; bloody

blight

(n.) a disease that causes plants to wither and die; a condition of disease or ruin; (v.) to destroy, ruin

remonstrate

(v.) to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to

inexorable

(adj.) impossible to stop or prevent

languid

(adj.) drooping; without energy, sluggish

assize

(n.) a judicial inquest or the verdict of jurors; the former periodical sessions of the superior courts in English counties for trial of civil and criminal cases —usually used in plural (assizes)

torpor

(n.) extreme mental and physical sluggishness

adjuration

(n.) a solemn urging; (v.) adjure: entreat earnestly; enjoin solemnly

opprobrium

(n.) disgrace arising from shameful conduct; contempt, reproach

contumely

(n.) insolent or insulting language or treatment