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Frankenstein Vocab
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10th Grade
11/23/2008

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Restrain
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to control, repress, restrict
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Robust
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strong and healthy; hardy
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Advocate
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lawyer; one who urges or recommends
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Sustenance
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means of living; source of nurishment
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Chastise
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to punish, discipline, scold
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vivacity
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liveliness; spirtedness
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vacillating
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wavering, showing indecsion
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discern
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to perceive something obscure; observe, recognize
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diffident
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shy; lacking confidance
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compensate
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to repay or reimburse
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callous
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thick-skinned; insensitive
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console
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to alleviate grief and raise the spirits of. to provide solace
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desolating
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devestating and wastefull; wretched
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placid
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calm
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tedious
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tiresome because of lengthyness or dullness
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obscurely
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dimly, unclearly
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dirge
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funeral hymn; lament
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indelible
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permenent; not erasable
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rustic
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rural
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inconsolable
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unable to be comforted
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depravity
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sinfulness,moral corruption
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infamy
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reputation for bad deeds
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attest
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to testify, stand as proof of, bear witness
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timorous
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timid, shy, full of apprehenshion
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parched
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extremely thirsty; shriveled
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obdurate
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stubborn
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perdition
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eternal damnation; suffering; anguish
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perpetrate
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to bring about, to carry out, to act
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abhor
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to loath and detest
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tarnish
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to corrode, discolor, discredit, disgrace
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serenity
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calmness, peace
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base
Definition
lacking qualities of higher mind or spirit; vulagr; corrupt; immoral
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malice
Definition
animosity, spite, cruelty, hatred
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efface
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to erase to make indistinct
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affect
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to touch emotionally; to influence or cause a change in
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solace
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comfort in distress; consolation
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sublime
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awe-inspiring; of high spiritual or moral value
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impetuous
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quick to act without thinking
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pallid
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lacking color or liveliness
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torrent
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a turbulant, fast-flowing stream
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obscure
Definition
dim, unclear, not well known
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surmount
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to conquer, to overcome
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somber
Definition
dark, gloomy, melancholy, dismal
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mutability
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changeability, inconsistency
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dissipate
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to scatter, to pursue pleasure to excess
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diabolically
Definition
in the characteristics of the devil
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spurn
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to reject or refuse contemptuosly; scorn
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equitable
Definition
exhibiting the quality of dealing fairly with everyone
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clemency
Definition
merciful leniency; indulgence; pardon
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disdain
Definition
to scorn; to reject as inferior; disrespect
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disdain
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to scorn; to reject as inferior; disrespect
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odious
Definition
hateful, contemptible, detestable, loathsome
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opaque
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impervious to light, difficult to understand, obscure
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uncouth
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lacking in refinment; awkward and uncultivated in appearance or manner; clumsy; ungraceful
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assuage
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to make less severe, to ease, to relive, alleviate
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allure
Definition
to entice by charm, attract
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purloin
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to steal
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disconsolate
Definition
hoplessly sad, dismal, comfortless
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pensive
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thoughtful; reflective
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barbarous
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lacking culture or refinement, mercilessly cruel
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enigmatic
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puzzling, inexplicable, mysterious, criptic
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enhance
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to improve, to bring to a greater level of intensity
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genial
Definition
favorable to growth or comfort, displaying or characterized by genius; good-natured, cordial, warm, favorable
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ravish
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overcome with emotion, to seize and take away through violence, enchant, captivate, assault
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balmy
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mild, pleasant, soothing, warm ,temperate
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slothful
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sluggish, lazy
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subsist
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to have exhistance, to nourish and take care of ones self
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abject
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miserable, pitiful, pathetic, sorry
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flagrant
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outrageous, conspicuous
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indelibly
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pertinently, lastingly
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puerile
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childish, immature, silly
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noisome
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stinking, putrid, foul, disgusting
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expostulate
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to discuss or examen, to reason earnestly with another
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abhorrent
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loathsome, disgusting, hateful
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deprecate
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to belittle, minimize
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despondency
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discouargement, dejection
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imbue
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to infuse, dye, wet, moisten
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solicit
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to petition persistently; entice, tempt
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sagacity
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shrewdness, wisdom, knowledge
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mediation
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the act of being a middle man in communication; intervention; arbitration; intercession
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instigate
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to incite, urge, agitate
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consternation
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amazement or distress that leads to confusion; alarm, bewilderment
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myriad
Definition
immense number, multitude; crowd army legion, mass
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gall
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bitterness, careless nerve, audacity, rancor
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augment
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to expand, to extend; enhance, increase, enlarge
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epithet
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an abusive word or phrase; descriptive term in replacment for a name; nick name, motto, catchphrase
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sanguinary
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cruel, blood thirsty, savage, murderous
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sanguinary
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cruel, blood thirsty, savage, murderous
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detrimental
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causing harm or injury; adverse, destructive
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monotony
Definition
tedium, dull sameness; boredom
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