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Frankenstein Vocab
Letters through chapter 24-----also study background info (notes on Mary Shelley)
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12/14/2011
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dilate
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expand
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odious
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hateful
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progeny
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children, offspring
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expedient
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suitable, practical
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capacious
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spacious, roomy
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ardent
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passionate, enthusiastic
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emaciated
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thin, wasted
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wretched
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miserable
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paroxysm
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spasm, convulsion
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harrowing
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distressing, agonizing
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oblivion
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forgetfulness
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rankling
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irritating
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penury
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extreme poverty
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capricious
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whim
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cursory
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hastily done
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prognosticated
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predicted
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countenance
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facial features, face
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indefatigable
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tireless
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physiognomy
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face
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obliterated
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destroying completely
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fetter
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shackle
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immutable
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unchanging
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vacillating
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fluctuating, wavering
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salubrious
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healthful
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carnage
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destruction of life
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ignominious
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disgraceful
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timorous
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fearful
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obdurate
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stubborn
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perdition
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damnation, complete ruin
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inexorable
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relentless, unyielding
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precipitous
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steep
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commiserate
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feel or express sympathy for
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slaked
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quenched
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debilitated
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weakened
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inclemency
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storminess
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sustenance
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means of food or nourishment
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purloined
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stolen
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benevolent
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generous
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exhortations
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urgings
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abhorrent
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detested, hated
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wantonly
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immorally, cruelly
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augmented
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increased
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epithets
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abusive words or phrases
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sanguinary
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bloody
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detrimental
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harmful, damaging
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indolence
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weary, listless
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languid
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laziness
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sophisms
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believable but misleading arguments
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reveries
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daydreams
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calamity
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disaster
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interment
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burial
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retrospect
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looking
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repugnance
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loathing
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imperious
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domineering
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appalling
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shocking, dismaying
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posterity
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future generations
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portend
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predict
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diabolical
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devilish
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satiated
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fully satisfied
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conflagration
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a great fire
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