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Masselle's Frankenstein's Vocab 1&2
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12th Grade
03/06/2012

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Prudent
Definition
Wise or judicious
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Predilection
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A tendency to think favorably of something in particular
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Prognostication
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A forecast or prediction
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Transitory
Definition
Not lasting, enduring, perrmanent
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Allude
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To refer casually or indirectly
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Apprehensions
Definition
Anticipation or adversity or misfortune
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Callous
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Made hard; hardened
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Timorous
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Full of fear; timid, shy
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Wean
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To accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than its mother's milk
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Inexorable
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Unyielding; unalterable
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Conciliating
Definition
To overcome the distrust of hostility
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Diffident
Definition
Lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness
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Satiated
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Satisfied, as one's appetite or desire
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Infamy
Definition
Extremely bad reputation, public reproach, or strong condemnation as the result of a shameful, criminal, or outrageous act.
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Candour
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The state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere
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Circumstantial
Definition
Of pertaining to, or derived from circumstances
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Acceded
Definition
To give consent, approval, or adherence
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Approbation
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Approval; commendation
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Lassitude
Definition
Weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, lack of energy
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dogmatism
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Unfounded positiveness in matters of opinion
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Palpable
Definition
Readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived
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Cursory
Definition
Going rapidly over something, without noticing details
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Effected
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Something that is produced by an agency; result; consequence
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deplored
Definition
To regret something deeply or stronlgy
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Procure
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To obtain by care or get by care; by unscrupulous and indirect means
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doting
Definition
Excessively fond
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Disposition
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The predominant or prevailing tendency of one's spirit
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Penury
Definition
Extreme poverty
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Providence
Definition
The foreseeing care and guidance of God or nature over the ceatures of the earth
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Filial
Definition
Of or pertaining to, or befitting a son or daughter
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Chimerical
Definition
Unreal; Imaginary
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Avidity
Definition
Eagerness; greediness
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Tyros
Definition
A beginner in learning anything
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Repine
Definition
To be fretfully discontented
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Multifarious
Definition
Having many different parts, elements, and forms
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Galvanism
Definition
Electricity, especially as produced by chemical action
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Malignity
Definition
The state or character of being malign
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Sacrilege
Definition
The violation or profanation of sacred or help sacred
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Repugnance
Definition
Strong distaste, aversion, or objection; antipathy
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Panegyric
Definition
A lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing.
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Disconsolation
Definition
Unable to consoled; inconsolable
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Averred
Definition
To assert or affirm with confidence
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