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Frankenstein Vocabulary Terms
Find the most appropriate definition as it relates to the novel for each word. In addition, note the words' parts of speech.
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Literature
12th Grade
01/04/2007
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Homunculus
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A false human being
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Golem
 Definition
An inanimate object that is brought to life by way of magic or science
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Droves
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People moving along in a group
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Usurp
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To sieze or hold
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Cadaver
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A dead person
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Transformation
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Artificial change of one object to another
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Gall
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A sore look
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Rational
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A term that makes sense
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Incidentally
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Apart or aside from the main subject of attention
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Platitude
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A flat, dull, or trite remark
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Gothic Novel
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A thrilling horror or a story that displays supernatural graphic
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Romanticism
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An adventure, love, and war story
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Didactic
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A taught moral or lesson
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Patheric Fallacy
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Object with human feelings
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Dirge
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Funeral feeling of a song
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Apostrophe
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Talking to a fallen person
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Revenge
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To get back at someone for a wrong doing
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Quest/Pilgrimage
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A journey to look for something
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