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Frankenstein Chapters 1-12 Vocabulary

Terms in this set (30)

Ardor
intense and passionate feeling
Inure
to harden; accustom; become used to
Inexorable
Relentless
Capitulate
Surrender
Cull
To select and remove weak or inferior members from.
Indefatigable
Tireless
Contrived
Deliberately created
Disconsolate
(adj.) deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyond consolation
Prediection
a preference or preferred way of doing something
Chimerical
created by or as if by a fanciful imagination
Cursory
Hasty, not thorough
Imbue
to infuse, dye, wet, or moisten
Imprudence
a lack of caution in practical affairs
Uncouth
(adj.) unrefined, crude; awkward or clumsy
Abstruse
difficult to understand; obscure
Lassitude
A feeling of weakness
Odious
Hateful
Vacillate
to physically sway or be indecisive
Antipathy
A strong dislike, hostile feeling
Salubrious
Healthy
Callous
Emotionally hardened, unfeeling
Candor
(n.) honesty, frankness
Ignominious
(adj.) humiliating, disgracing (It was really ignominious to be kicked out of the dorm for having an illegal gas stove in my room.)
Abhorrence
hatred
Discourse
Conversation
Precipitous
(adj.) very steep
Clemency
(n.) mercy (After he forgot their anniversary, Martin could only beg Maria for clemency.)
Impervious
Incapable of being affected or impossible to penetrate
Enigmatic
(adj.) puzzling, perplexing, inexplicable, not easily understood
Poignantly
evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret
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