Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Vocab for Chapters 21-24

Squalidness

Having a dirty appearance (Example, a neglected state for an abandoned building with peeling paint and rotting wood)

Languid

Feeling weak, indifferent, relaxed (Example, slow, relaxed movement or lack of energy)

Repugnance

Offensive, repulsive (Example, feeling a strong sense of disgust towards the smell of rotting food)

Consternation

Sudden confusion or dismay (Example, feelings of confusions when a flight cancels)

Imperious

Domineering, overbearing, urgent (Example, someone acting demanding expecting obedience like royalty)

Emaciated

Extremely thin, usually by starvation or illness

Invective

An abusive speech, violent attack with words (Example, hurling dirty insults or calling someone a racist slur)

Incredulity (Incredulous)

Disbelieving, skeptical (Example, someone looking at you wide-eyed and a raised eyebrow saying, “I can’t believe you won the lottery!’)

Extricate

To release from entanglement or difficulty, disengage (Example, when a firefighter blanks a driver from a crashed car)

Invoked

To call upon (a higher power) for aid (Example, when a lawyer blanks the 5th amendment to refuse to answer questions)

Retribution

Punishment, something demanded in payment, vengeance, requital for some wrong that has been done (Example, a judge handling down a severe sentence as payback for a heinous crime)

Posterity

Generations of the future (Example, when a historian writes down a detailed account of war, expecting it will help future generations learn the lessons of the war)

Infantile

Babyish, childish (Example, an adult throwing a tantrum)

Irremediable

Incurable, impossible to remedy (Example, blank damage to the brain from an accident)

Rankle

To cause irritation (Example, when unfair treatment continues to cause lingering angry or bitterness)