Unit 2: Gris Grimly's "Frankenstein" Flashcards

(44 cards)

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Exertion

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Physical or mental effort

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Avidity

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Extreme eagerness or enthusiasm

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3
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Ardently

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Very enthusiastically or passionately

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Frankness

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The quality of being open, honest, and direct in speech or writing

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5
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Degraded

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Treated with disrespect; inferior

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Complancency

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A feeling of self-satisfaction or contentment, often without awareness of potential problems or dangers

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Calamities

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Events that cause great damage, distress, or disaster; are usually sudden, large-scale, and result in suffering or loss

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Precipices

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Steep or vertical cliffs, typically found in mountainous or rock areas; this term may also be used metaphorically

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Deprecate

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To express disapproval of something or to criticize it

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Wantonly

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To do something in a reckless, careless, or deliberate manner without regard for rules, consequences, or the well-being of others

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Disquisition

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A long or elaborate essay or discussion on a particular subject

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Infirmities

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Physical or mental weakness

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Ennui

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A feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement; boredom

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Ignominy

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Public shame or disgrace; dishonor

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15
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Machinations

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A plot or scheme; conspiracies

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Physical or mental effort

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Exertion

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Extreme eagerness or enthusiasm

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Avidity

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Very enthusiastically or passionately

19
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The quality of being open, honest, and direct in speech or writing

20
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Treated with disrespect; inferior

21
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A feeling of self-satisfaction or contentment, often without awareness of potential problems or dangers

22
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Events that cause great damage, distress, or disaster; are usually sudden, large-scale, and result in suffering or loss

23
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Steep or vertical cliffs, typically found in mountainous or rock areas; this term may also be used metaphorically

24
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To express disapproval of something or to criticize it

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To do something in a reckless, careless, or deliberate manner without regard for rules, consequences, or the well-being of others
Wantonly
26
A long or elaborate essay or discussion on a particular subject
Disquisition
27
Physical or mental weakness
Infirmities
28
A feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement; boredom
Ennui
29
Public shame or disgrace; dishonor
Ignominy
30
A plot or scheme; conspiracies
Machinations
31
"Did I request thee, makes, from my clay; to mould me man? Did I solicit thee; from darkness to promote me?"
Paradise Lost Epigraph
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Mr. Beaufort
A friend of Dad, he is Victor's grandfather
33
Caroline
Beaufort's daughter, Alphonse's wife, and Victor, Ernest, and William's mother.
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Victor
Main character
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Ernest
Victor's brother
36
William
MURDERED!!, and Victor's brother
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Elizabeth
Victor's cousin and wife
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Clerval
Victor's childhood friend
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M. Waldman
Victor's NICE professor
40
M. Krempe
Victor's MEAN professor
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How big is Victor's creation?
8 feet tall
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Who tends to Victor the first time he falls ill?
Henry Clerval
43
Justine
A family friend, accused murderer
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