Frankenstein Vocab Flashcards

(40 cards)

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A strong feeling of dislike

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Antipathy

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Hard to understand

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Abstruse

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To affirm or declare positively or earnestly

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Asseverations

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To say (something) in a very strong and definite way

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Averred

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Consuming greed, keen eagerness, affinity

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Avidity

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Not causing harm or damage

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Benignity

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The quality of being open, sincere, and honest

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Candor

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Able to hold or contain a lot, large in capacity

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Capacious

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To stop fighting an enemy or opponent

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Capitulated

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Existing only as the product of unchecked imagination, fantastically visionary or improbably

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Chimerical

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The appearance of a persons face to accept, support, or approve of

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Countenance

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To clearly show or describe (something)

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Delineate

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Lacking confidence

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Diffident

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Causing a delay, tending to be late

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Dilatoriness

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Very unhappy or sad

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Disconsolate

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Positiveness in assertion of opinion especially when unwanted or arrogant

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Dogmatism

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To cause (something) to fade or disappear

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Lasting a very short time

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To prove that someone is not guilty or doing something wrong

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A chain or shackle

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To cause (something or someone) to be deeply affected by a feeling or to have a certain quality

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Unable to be changed

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To invoke evil on

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Not wise or sensible

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Able to work or continue for a very long time without becoming tired
Indefatigable
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The act of burying a dead person
Interment
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Able or likely to change often
Mutability
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Refusing to do what other people want, not willing to change your opinion or the way you do something
Obdurate
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Something (such as a speech or piece or writing) that praises someone or something
Panegyric
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The state of being in hell forever as a punishment after death
Perdition
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The quality or state of being relevant
Pertinacity
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A very steep side of a mountain or cliff; a point where danger, trouble, or difficult begins
Precipices
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A natural liking for something
Predilection
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To foretell signs or symptoms
Prognosticated
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A high area of land or rock that sticks out into the sea
Promontory
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Making good health possible or likely
Salubrious
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Very beautiful or good; complete or extreme
Sublime
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To deal with (a problem or a difficult situation) successfully; to be placed at the top of something
Surmount
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To repeatedly change your opinions or desires
Vacillating
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Old and respected
Venerable