Vocab for Frankenstein Flashcards
(25 cards)
dross
somethign regarded as worthelss; rubbish
ameliorate
make something bad or unsatisfactory better
indefatigable
incapable of being fatigued; untiring
penury
extreme poverty; oppressive lack of resources
vehement
showing strong feeling, forceful, passionate, or intense
inclemecy
the quality of weather of being unpleasant especially with cold and rain
chimerical/chimera
existing only as the produc of an unchecked imagination; fanciful
affability
quality of being at ease and pleasant in talking to others
convalescene
the time spent to recover from an illness and regain health gradually
dilatoriness/dilatory
tending to delay or procrastinate; slow, tardy
salubrious
favorable or promoting health or well-being
venerable
calling forth respect through age, character, wisdom or attainment
ignominy
great public shame, disgrace or embaressment
inexorable
impossible to stop or prevent
enigmatic
something difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious
poignant
in a way that causes a feeling of sadness
vestige
the smallest amount of something
sanguinary
involving or causing much bloodshed; bloody and murderous
sedulous
diligent in application or process
promontory
a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water
dissipate
dissappear or cause to dissappear; mostly referring to a feeling or something intangible
torpor
mental inactivity; lethargy
impassive
unsuscpetible to pain or physical feelings, unfeeling
immured
to enclose withing or as if within walls
