Frankenstein Vocab 1 (Letters and Ch 1-10)

Fervent

Passionate, glowing

Ardent

Characterized by strong enthusiasm

Effusions

A pouring out of unrestrained expressions or feelings

Inuring

To become something undesirable by prolonged subjection

Dauntless

Without fright or discouragement

Inexorable

Relentless, unyielding

Solicitude

Concern, anxious care

Capitulated

Surrender on terms or conditions

Repose

Rest or sleep

Ameliorate

Improve, to become or make better

Indefatigable

Tireless

Disconsolate

Hopelessly sad

Recompensing

Reward; pay back, or payment

Penury

Very great poverty

Ardor

Great intensity; passion; strong enthusiasm

Sublime

Exalted; inspiring awe

Metaphysical

Mystical, abstract, spiritual

Inclemency

Severity of weather, stormy

Chimerical

Illusionary, fanciful, dreamlike

Imbued

Filled with ideas, feelings, etc; saturated

Progeny

Children, descendants, offspring

Immutable

Not susceptible to change

Mien

Appearance, look

Languor

Lack of enthusiasm

Antipathy

Strong dislike, hate

Diffident

Lacking in self-confidence

Dilatoriness

Lateness, not prompt

Perambulations

Walks or strolls

Salubrious

Healthful

Promontory

A high point of land extending from the coast into the land

Dirge

Funeral song

Precipices

Cliff, crag, steep mountainside

Ignominious

Shameful, disgraceful, dishonorable

Countenance

Facial expressions

Wantonly

Done in a reckless or malicious way; not moral

Perdition

Loss of one’s soul; utter loss or destruction

Efface

Rub out, to obliterate

Ephemeral

Transitory; lasting for a brief time

Impetuous

Impulsive, brash; rushing with violence

Rent

To rip, make an opening

Mutability

Ability to change