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Frankenstein Vocab
Part 1
22
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05/12/2005

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Abhorrence
Definition
You hate me; but your _____ cannot equal that with which I regard myself.
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Abject
Definition
Yet mine shall not be the submission of _____ slavery.

sunk to or existing in a low state or condition

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Acme
Definition
Mine has been a tale of horrors; I have reached their _____, and what I must now relate can be but tedious to you.

highest point

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Adjuration
Definition
I had begun my _____ with solemnity, and an awe which almost assured me that the shades of my murdered friends heard and approved my devotion, but the furies possessed me as i concluded, and rage cloaked my utterance.

a solemn oath

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Approbation
Definition
A murmur of _____ was heard; but it was excited by her generous interference, and not in favor of poor Justine, on whom the public indignation was turned with renewed violence, changing her with the blackest ingratitude.

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Assizes
Definition
The season of the _____ approached.
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Chamois
Definition
I do not doubt that he hovers near the spot which I inhabit; and if he has indeed taken refuge in the Alps, he may be hunted like the _____, and destroyed as a beast of prey.

goatlike antelope

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Conciliating
Definition
Yet his manners are so _____ and gentle, that the sailors are all interested in him, although they have had very little communication with him.

appeasing

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Consecrate
Definition
Let the day therefore be fixed; and on it I will _____ myself, in life or death, to the happiness of my cousin.

dedicated to a sacred purpose

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Diffidence
Definition
My father was in the meantime overyjoyed, and in the bustle of preparation, only observed in the melancholy of his niece the _____ of a bride.

hesitence

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Artifice
Definition
I carried pistols and a dagger constantly about me, and was ever on the watch to prevent ______; and by these means gained a greater degree of tranquillity.
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Dilatory
Definition
The latter method of obtaining the desired intelligence was _____ and unsatisfactory; besides, an
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Disconsolate
Definition
A great fall of snow had taken place the night before, and the fields were of one uniform white; the appearance was _____, and I found my feet chilled by the cold damp substance that covered the ground.
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Enigmatic
Definition
I was at first unable ti sikve these questions; but perpetual attention, and time, explained to me many appearances which were at first ______.
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Execrate
Definition
Why do you not _____ the rustic who sought to destroy the saviour of his child?
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Exhortations
Definition
Agatha listened with respect, her eyes sometimes filled with tears, whichch she endeavoured to wipe away unperceived; but i generally foudn that her countenance and tone were more cheerful after having listened to the _____ of her father.
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Exordium
Definition
I tremble violently at this _____, and my father continued-
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Ignominy
Definition
Could the deamon, who had (I did not for a minute doubt) murdered my brother, also in this hellish sport have betrayed the innocent to death and _____.
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Imprecations
Definition
Sometimes he commanded his countenance and tones, and related the most horrible incidentswith a tranquil voice, suppressing every mark of agitation; then, like a change to an expression of the wildest rage, as he shrieked out of _____ on his persecutor.
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Indolence
Definition
After some days spent in listless _____, during which I traversed many leagues, I arrived at Stras burgh, where I wated two days for Clerval.
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Inexorable
Definition
But the old man decidedly refused, thinking himself bound in honour to my friend; who, when he found the father _____, quitted his country, nor returned until he heard that his former mistress was married according to her inclinations.
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Infallibly
Definition
A mind of moderate capacity, which closely pursues one study, must _____ arrive at great proficiency in that study; and I, who continually sought the attainment of one object of pursuit, and was solely wrapt up in this, imporved so rapidly, that, at the end of two years, I made some discovereis in the imporvements of some chemical instruments, which procured me great esteem and admiration at the university.
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