english frankenstein vocab

conjecture

(n.) opinion or conclusion based on incomplete information

conciliating

(adj.) stop from being angry, pacify

disconsolate

(adj.) deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyond consolation

prognosticated

(v.) to foretell an event

lassitude

(n.) weariness of body or mind from strain

immutable

(adj.) unchangeable

dilatoriness

(n.) a tending to delay or be late

vacillating

(v.) Alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive

satiate

(v.) to satisfy completely; to fill to excess; (adj.) full, satisfied

peruse

(v.) to read thoroughly and carefully

capacious

(adj.) able to hold much, roomy

solicitude

(n) care or concern for someone or something

fastidious

(adj) very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail

recompensing

(v) reimbursing; to pay or give compensation for

pittance

(n.) a woefully meager allowance, wage, or portion

vehement

(adj.) intense, forceful, powerful

predilection

(n) a preference toward someone or something

imbued

(v) inspire or permeate with a feeling or quality

exultation

(n) a feeling of triumphant elation or jubilation; rejoicing

incipient

(adj) beginning to exist or appear

dissipate

(v.) to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel