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Frankenstien Vocabulary
Kagel
37
English
10th Grade
05/26/2009

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Sublime

Definition
Marvellous, devine, inspiring
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Satiate

Definition

To Satisfy;appease

 

"I shall satiate my ardent curiousity with the sight of a part of the world never before visited" (1).

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Ardent

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eagar, zealous

 

"ardent curiousity" (1).

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Ascertain

Definition

discover;verify

 

"acertaining the power of the magnet" (2)

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Perused

Definition

read; studied

 

"The visions faded when i perused, for the first time, those poets whose effusions entranced my soul" (2)

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inure

Definition

adapt, toughen, familiarize

 

"I commenced by inuring my body to hardship" (2-3)

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Resolution

Definition

 

determination

 

"my courage and my resolution is firm" (3)

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Fortnight

Definition

two weeks

 

"I shall depart...in a fortnight, or three weeks." (3)

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Dauntless

Definition

Intrepid; fearless

 

"men on whom I can depend and are certainly possessed of dauntless courage." (3)

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Dejection

Definition

depression

 

"if i am assailed by dissapointment, no one will endevour to sustain me in dejection" (4)

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inexorable

Definition

unyeilding; inflexable

 

"When he found the father inexorable, quitted his country" (6).

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Prudence

Definition

Wisdom;caution

 

"I shall do nothing rashly: you know me sufficiently to confide in my prudence and considerateness" (6).

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Capitulated

Definition

relented, gave in, surrendered:

 

"if you had seen the man who thus capitulated his safety" (10).

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Countenance

Definition

expression

 

"his whole countinance lighted up...with a beam of benevolence and and sweetness that i never saw equalled" (10).

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benevolence

Definition

kindness

 

"his whole countinance lighted up...with a beam of benevolence and and sweetness that i never saw equalled" (10).

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Impertinant

Definition

rude, impudent

 

"it would indeed be very impertinant and inhuman in me to trouble you" (11).

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Amiable

Definition

friendly

 

"He must have been a noble creature in his better days, being even now in a wreck so attractive and amiable" (12).

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Poignant

Definition

intense, touching, moving

 

"How can I see so noble a creature destroyed by misery without feelingthe most poignant grief?"

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Irrevocably

Definition

irreversably

 

"nothing can alter my destiny; listen to history and you will percieve how irrevocably it is determined"

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indefatigable

Definition

persisttant, diligant, tireless

 

he was respected by all who knew him for his integrity and indefatigable attention to public buisiness.

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Ignoble

Definition

comtemptible, dishonorable; base, low, mean, vile

 

"the birth of that passions which afterward ruled my destiny arose from ignoble and almost forgotten sources"

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Inclemency

Definition

stormyness, severity

 

"the inclemency of the weather inclined us to remain a day confined to the inn"

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Multifarious

Definition

diverse, eclectic, many-sided, multifaced; numerous various

 

"And thus for a time i was occupied by exploded systems...flouring desperately in a very slough of multifarious knowledge"

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Prognosticated

Definition

predicted

 

the looks of her medical attendants prognosticated the worst event

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imbibed

Definition

drunk from, swallowed, guzzled, absorbed, ingested

 

"... no one was kind enough to inform you that these fancies which you have so greedily imbibed are a thousand years old and are as musty as they are anchient..."

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Recapitulation

Definition

narration, recap, review, summary

 

"he began his lecture by a recapitulation of chemistry and the various improvements made by different men"

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insurrection

Definition

rebellion, revolt, riot, uprising

 

"my internal being was in a state of insurrection and turmoil"

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Lassitude

Definition

fatigue, exhaustion; apathy, indifference, malaise

 

At length lassitude succeeded to the tumult I had before endured, and I threw myself on the bed

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Perambulations

Definition

to walk or travel about; stroll.

 

"We passed a fortnight in these preambulations..."

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exculpated

Definition

aquitted, exonerated, pardoned vindicated

 

"Such a declaration would have been considered the ravings of a madman and would not have exculpated her who suffered through me"

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Asylum

Definition

Haven, refuge, retreat, sanctuary

 

"she quitted her asylum, that she might again endevour to find my brother"

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Approbation

Definition

approval praise

 

"A murmer of approbation followed Elizabeth's simple and powerful appeal"

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ignominy

Definition

disgrace, dishonor, shame, infamy

 

"Could the demon who had...murdered my brother also in his hellish sport have betrayed the innocent to death and ignominy?"

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Purloined

Definition

stolen

 

I had provided for my sustinance for that day by a loaf of bread, which I had purloined.

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pallid

Definition

pale ashen colorless

 

"for a short space of time I remained at the window watching the pallid lightnings that played above"

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enigmatic

Definition

puzzling, mysterious

 

"I was first unable to answer therse questions, but perpetual attention and time explained to me the many apperances that were at first enigmatic"

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Emulate

Definition

imitate, follow

 

"now accustomed to grand ideas and a noble emulation for virtue"

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