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Frankenstein Vocab
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English
10th Grade
01/09/2007

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Progeny
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a descendant or offspring, as a child, plant, or animal.
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Capacious
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capable of holding much; spacious or roomy
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Ardent
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having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent
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Harrowing
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extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous
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Rankling
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(of unpleasant feelings, experiences, etc.) to continue to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment within the mind; fester; be painful
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Penury
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extreme poverty; destitution
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Fetter
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a chain or shackle placed on the feet
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Vacillating
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to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute
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Salubrious
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favorable to or promoting health; healthful
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Ignominious
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marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating
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Obdurate
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unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding
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Perdition
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a state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation
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Inexorable
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unyielding; unalterable, not able to be persuaded
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Slaked
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to allay (thirst, desire, wrath, etc.) by satisfying
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Inclemency
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the quality or state of lacking mildness
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Purloined
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to steal, often in a violation of trust
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Abhorrent
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causing repugnance; detestable; loathsome
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Wantonly
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done, shown, used, etc., maliciously or unjustifiably
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Sanguinary
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full of or characterized by bloodshed; bloody
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Languid
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lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow
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Sophisms
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a plausible but fallacious argument
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Interment
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the act or ceremony of interring; burial
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Imperious
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domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing
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Diabolical
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having the qualities of a devil; devilish; fiendish; outrageously wicked
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