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AP English Lit Frankenstein vocabulary
SAT level vocabulary from the novel Frankenstein
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English
12th Grade
08/16/2012

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abhor
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to treat with repugnance and loathing
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akin
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related or compatible
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afflict
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to cause suffering, injury, or distress
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adversary
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one who opposes; enemy
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amass
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to collect or accumulate
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ameliorate
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to make better or more tolerable
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ardent
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zealous, passionate, fiery
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aver
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to verfy or prove true
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augury
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omen or portent
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benevolent
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disposed to do good
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capitulate
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to surrender or acquiesce
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capricious
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unpredictable and impulsive
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celestial
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ethereal and otherworldly
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chimerical
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imaginary or fantastically improbable
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citadel
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fortress or stronghold
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commiserate
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to feel or express sympathy and compassion
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conciliate
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to make compatible or to reconcile; to appease
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confer
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to consult or take counsel
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conjure
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to summon or call forth
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consolation
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providing comfort and hope
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consternation
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amazement or dismay that causes confusion
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countenance
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calm expression or mental composure
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cull
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to select and choose carefully from a group
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dauntless
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fearless and courageous
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delirium
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mental disturbance and frenzied excitement
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deplore
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to regret strongly
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desolate
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devoid of denizens; deserted
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diffident
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lack of self-confidence; hesitant in acting or speaking
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discern
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to recognize or identify as separate and distinct
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disconsolate
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cheerless, dejected, and downcast
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dispel
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to drive away or scatter
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divine
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to discover by insight; to infer AND superb, heavenly, godlike
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docile
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easily led or managed; tractable
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doppelganger
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double or alter ego
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draught
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a portion of liquid; a dose
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dross
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waste or impurity
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effectual
Definition
able to produce the desire outcome
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emaciate
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to waste away physically
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enigmatic
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mysterious, baffling, mystifying
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entreat
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to request earnestly; to plead
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evince
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to display clearly; reveal
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exertion
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laborious and perceptible effort
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exhortation
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language that incites or encourages
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fastidious
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possessing high standards; difficult to please; meticulous
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fervent
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exhibiting intensity of feeling; zealous
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fiend
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malicious person OR fanatic
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filial
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relating to a son or daughter
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flagrant
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conspicuously offensive; obviously inconsistent
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gale
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strong current of air; a vigorous wind
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galvanism
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vital force OR direct current of electricity
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harrowing
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disturbing or distressing
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hovel
Definition
wretched or dirty house
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illustrious
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highly distinguished; of great renown; luminous and bright
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immutable
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not capable of change
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imperitent
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obtrusive, uncivil, and presumptuous
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inclination
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disposition of mind or character; propensity
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incredulous
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disbelieving; skeptical; doubting
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indefatigable
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incapable of being tired out; not yielding to exhaustion
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inexorable
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relentless; unyielding; unbending; unalterable
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injunction
Definition
command, order, or admonition
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insurmountable
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incapable of being defeated; impregnable and indomitable
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inure
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to come to accept something undesirable; to habituate; to toughen
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irksome
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bothersome, exasperating, annoying
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irrevocable
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unalterable; not capable of changing an outcome
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lament
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to express deep sorrow; to mourn
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listless
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lacking energy or motivation; enervated
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malicious
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desiring to cause someone pain or suffering
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mariner
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one who travels on the sea
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mortification
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state of being self-consciously uncomfortable; flustered and embarrassed
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multifarious
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being of various kinds or types; miscellaneous; sundry
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obdurate
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showing lack of sympathy; callous
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obstinate
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stubbornly maintaining an opinion in spite of reason or logic
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omnipotent
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possessing unlimited power
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pensive
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given to long periods of thinking
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penury
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lacking money or material possessions
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perseverance
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continuing on despite difficulties and setbacks
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peruse
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to examine or consider with attention
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physiognomy
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external aspect; facial features suggestive of character
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pilgrimage
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a journey OR the course of life on earth
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precipice
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a steep place; a hazardous situation
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precipitate
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to throw violently OR to bring about abruptly
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predilection
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an established preference for something
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procure
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to obtain with effort
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promontory
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a high point
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prudence
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ability to govern oneself
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rambling
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to move aimlessly from place to place
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recompense
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to return in kind; requite
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repose
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to lie at rest or remain still AND peace, tranquility, harmony
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requisite
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essential and necessary
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respite
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an interval of rest or relief
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satiate
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to satisfy fully or to excess
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spurn
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to reject with disdain or contempt
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sublime
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lofty, grand, or exalted in thought, expression, or manner
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sullen
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gloomily or resentfully silent
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suppliant
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humbly imploring; entreating
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torpor
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a state of mental or physical inactivity
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traverse
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to go or to travel across or over OR to oppose or go against
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venerable
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deserving of respect through age, character, or achievements
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vengeance
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punishment inflicted in retaliation for an injury or offense; retribution
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waft
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to move or go lightly on as if on a buoyant medium (such as wind or waves)
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wanton
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unduly lavish or extravagant OR lewd; baudy OR playfully mean or cruel; mischievous
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whither
Definition
to what place
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wither
Definition
to shrivel or become dry OR to lose vitality, force, or freshness
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