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Frankenstein
SAT prep
39
English
12th Grade
08/17/2010

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antipathy
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dislike, hostility
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avail
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use or advantage
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bestow
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to give as a gift
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affirm
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to say "yes" to something
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tinge
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to change your character
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repulsive
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sickening
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procure
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to obtain
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zeal
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passion for a cause
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transmute
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to change appearance or state
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cursory
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hastily done
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comply
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agree to
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lament
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to grieve
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defer
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to delay
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respite
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interval of relief
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console
Definition
comfort
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devolve
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to pass on
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discourse
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to talk
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obscure
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not well known
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penury
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extreme poverty
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squalid
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filthy, morally repulsive
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foreboding
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a sense of evil and misfortune
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desolation
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sadness
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agitation
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commotion
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dejection
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a state of depression or melancholy
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amiable
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friendly, pleasant
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entreat
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to plead, beg
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inexorable
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inflexible
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ardently
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passionately
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prudent
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careful
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countenance
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appearance, facial expression
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melancholy
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sad gloomy
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poignant
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emotionally moving
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irrevocably
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conclusively
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Indefatigable
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never tied
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caprice
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fickle, change your mind alot
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odious
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hateful
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taint
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to spoil or infect
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ardor
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passion
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apathy
Definition
lack of feeling and or emotion
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