AP Seminar - Frankenstein Vocab

clime

the weather in some location averaged over a period of time

fervent

characterized by intense emotion

conjecture

believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

ardent

characterized by intense emotion

dejection

a state of melancholy depression

capacious

large in the amount that can be contained

forbear

refrain from doing

discernment

the cognitive condition of someone who understands

irrevocably

in a manner that cannot be taken back

caprice

a sudden desire

abstruse

difficult to understand

imbue

spread or diffuse through

lassitude

a feeling of lack of interest or energy

reprobate

a person without moral scruples

odious

extremely repulsive or unpleasant

vacillating

uncertain in purpose or action

antipathy

a feeling of intense dislike

indelible

not able to be forgotten, removed, or erased

depravity

moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

candor

the quality of being honest and straightforward

execrate

curse or declare to be evil or anathema

ignominy

a state of dishonor

dirge

a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person

obdurate

stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

mutability

the quality of being capable of change