Frankenstein Vocab

adduce

cite as evidence

ameliorate

to make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better

ardor

enthusiasm or passion

candor

the quality of being open and honest in expression; frankness

dauntless

showing fearlessness and determination

delineate

describe or portray something precisely

detrimental

tending to cause harm

dilatory

slow to act

disconsolate

without consolation or comfort; unhappy

enigmatic

difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious

exculpate

to show or declare that someone is not guilty of wrongdoing

fraught

(of a situation or course of action) filled with or likely to result in (something undesirable); causing or affected by anxiety or stress

imbue

inspire or permeate with (a feeling or quality)

imperceptible

impossible to perceive

impervious

not allowing fluid to pass through

indefatigable

(of a person or their efforts) persisting tirelessly

inexorable

impossible to stop or prevent; impossible to persuade by request or entreaty

insurmountable

too great to be overcome

mien

a person's look or manner, especially indicating character or mood

panegyric

a public speech or published text in praise of someone or something

pedantic

of or like a pedant (a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning)

penury

extreme poverty

pertinacity

the quality of being pertinacious (stubborn persistence)

precarious

not securely held in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse

predilection

a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favor of something

purloin

to steal

recapitulation

an act or instance of summarizing and restating the main points of something

recompense

make amends to someone for loss or harm suffered; compensate

requisite

made necessary by particular circumstances or regulations

reverberate

be repeated several times as an echo

tangible

perceptible by touch

unremitting

never relaxing or slackening; incessant

vacillate

alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive

erroneous

wrong or false; containing errors

hovel

a small home, especially one that is dirty or in bad condition

acro

tip, top, apex, pointed

aristo, aristos

best

cracy, crat

type of government

derma

skin

exo

outside, outer part

gastro

stomach

hemo, hema

cut

hiero

sacred, holy

logos

word; study

mytho

myth

orthos

right; correct

phainein

to show to be visible

polis

city

sphero

sphere

thermo

heat