Frakenstein Vocab 1

Ardour

enthusiasm or passion

Alchemist

someone who transforms matter, usually metals into gold

Ameliorate

to make better or more tolerable

Assail

to make a concerted or violent attack on

Celestial

positioned in or relating to the sky, or outer space as observed in astronomy; belonging or relating to heaven

Charnel-house

a building or vault in which corpses or bones are piled

Clemency

disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due; an instance of lenience

Depraved

morally corrupt, wicked

Dispel

to make (a doubt, feeling, or belief) disappear

Effusion

an act of talking or writing in an unrestrained or heartfelt way

Ephemeral

lasting a very short time

Filial

of or due from a son or daughter

Galvanism

electricity produced by chemical action

Habitable

suitable or good enough to live in

Incipient

in an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop

Lassitude

condition of weariness

Palpable

capable of being touched, tangible; easily perceptible, noticeable

Painstaking

employing great care and thoroughness

Paroxysm

a sudden attack or violent expression of a particular emotion or activity

Perambulation

the act of walking around, surveying land, or touring

Perdition

a state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation

Sacrilege

violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred

Syndic

a government official in various countries

Tempest

a violent, windy storm, figuratively used to describe someone or something blustery and turbulent

Traverse

to travel across or through