Ch. 22-23 Frankenstein Vocab

yield

(v) to give in, surrender, or relinquish control

futility

(n) uselessness, ineffectiveness, or pointlessness

disclose

(v) to reveal or make known publicly

entreat

(v) to implore or plead; to request something of another person

confide

(v) to share a secret with a person deemed trustworthy; to reveal something in confidence

dissipate

(v) to separate into parts and fade away; to cause to spread thin an gradually vanish

jeer

(v) to speak or cry with derision or mockery

habitation

(n) a dwelling place; the act of inhabiting a place

incredulity

(n) a feeling of being unable to believe something; the state of being incredulous

proportionate

(adj) having a size, number, or amount that is appropriate or well-suited to something