AP LIT FRANKENSTEIN VOCAB

Dross

Waste or impure matter

Albatross

An obstacle to success

Lineament

Distinctive shape, contour, or line, especially of the face

Syndic

A civil magistrate in Europe

Chimerical

Wildly imaginative

Tyro

A beginner in learning something

Reprobate

To disapprove of, to condemn

Panegyric

Elaborate praise or laudation

Dun

Having a neutral brownish gray color

Lassitude

A state of feeling of weariness, diminished energy, or listlessness

Encomium

A tribute

Perambulations

A leisurely walk

Obdurate

Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

Maw

The opening into something felt to be insatiable

Purloin

To steal

Meed

A fitting return or recompense/reward

Succor

Assistance in time of distress

Imprecate

To curse

Sanguinary

Blood thirsty

Exordium

An introductory part, especially of a speech or treatus

Machination

A crafty scheme to accomplish a sinister end

Sophism

Deceptive or fallacious argumentation

Insuperable

Impossible to overcome

Politic

Marked by prudence or shrewdness

Augury

Divination from auspices or omens

Assize

A court session

Invective

Insulting or abusive language

Abjuration

The act of renouncing under oath

Asseverations

A positive affirmation or assertion

Opprobrium

Scornful reproach or contempt