Frankenstein Vocab - IB Lit HL2

Caprice (noun)

1.) a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action

2.) sudden usually unpredictable condition, change, or series of changes

3.) a disposition to do things impulsively

Repine (verb)

1.) to feel or express dejection or discontent

2.) to long for something

Aver (verb)

1.) to declare positively

2.) to verify or prove to be true in pleading a cause, to allege or assert in pleading

Benignity (noun)

1.) of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life

2.) Having no significant effect

3.) of a gentle disposition

4.) showing kindness and gentleness

Panegyric (noun)

a eulogistic oration or writing

Reprobate (noun)

an unprincipled or depraved person

Mien (noun)

air or bearing especially as expressive of attitude of personality: demeanor

Incipient (adjective)

beginning to come into being or to become apparent

Abstruse (adjective)

difficult to comprehend

Pertinacity (noun)

the quality of being stubbornly persistent, tenacious, or resolutely unyielding in purpose, belief, or action, even in the face of difficulty. Refusal to give up

Placid (adjective)

serenely free of interruption or disturbance

Languor (noun)

1.) weakness or weariness of body or mind

2.) listless indolence or inertia

Fetter (verb)

to restrain from motion, action, or progress

Diffident (adjective)

hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence

Salubrious (adjective)

favorable to or promoting health or well-being

Encomium (noun)

glowing and warmly enthusiastic praise

Dirge (noun)

1.) a song or hymn of grief or lamentation

2.) a slow, solemn, and mournful piece of music

3,) something (such as a poem) that has qualities of grief

Exculpate (verb)

to clear from alleges fault or guilt

Obdurate (adjectiive)

1.) stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

2.) hardened in feelings

3.) Resistant to persuasion or softening influences

Adduce (verb)

to offer as example, reason, or proof in discussion or analysis