Study Guide Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Vocab Words

Ardent

Characterized by strong enthusiasm (Example, an blank supporter of a political candidate)

Effusions

A pouring out of unrestrained expressions or feelings (Example, her poem was full of emotional blank of joy and heartbreak)

Capitulated

Surrender on terms or conditions (Example, the army blank after being surrounded for weeks)

Ameliorate

Improve, to become or make better (Example, medicine can blank headaches)

Disconsolate

Hopelessly sad (Example, she was blank for weeks after her dog died)

Predilection

Preference, partiality (Example, she has a blank for chocolate ice cream over vanilla)

Impediments

Hindrance, block (Example, a fallen tree blocking the road)

Progeny

Children, descendants, offspring (Example, a lioness watching her blank)

Imprudence

Unwise (Example ignoring safety rules)

Prognosticated

To predict on the basis of present indications (Example, a weather forecaster blank a sunny weekend based on atmospheric pressure)

Reprobate

Morally unprincipled person (Example, the family is worried about their son, the blank, who spent all his money gambling)

Panegyric

Speech filled with praise, compliments (Example, The President’s speech was a blank to the brave soldiers, highlighting their courage and sacrifice)

Erroneously

Mistakenly (Example, blank delivering a package to the wrong house)

Delineate

Describe in words

Unremitting

Steady (Example, she showed blank determination to finish the marathon)

Dissipate

Totally scatter, dispel (Example, the morning fog blank as the sun rose)

Diffident

Lacking in self-confidence (Example, a student who’s blank about asking questions)

Candor

Speaking honestly, frankness, sincerity (Example, I appreciate your blank, but you’re being a bit harsh)

Lamentations

Cries of sorrow or grief, wailing, mourning (Example, loud crying at a funeral)

Augmenting

Making greater in size, number or amount, increasing (Example, taking a second job to blank your income)

Ephemeral

Transitory, lasting for a brief time (Example, a bubble’s burst)

Irrevocably

Incapable of being retracted or revoked (Example, signing a contract and being blank committed)

Enigmatic

An obscure riddle, puzzling, unexplainable (Example, blank smile or mysterious character)

Arbiters

One who has power to judge or decided (Example, judges or referees)