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Myrick
Frankenstein Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| fervent | passionate, glowing |
| perpetual | never ending, eternal |
| diffusing | to pour out, spread |
| eccentricities | strange or unusual unconventional |
| ardent | characterized by strong enthusiasm |
| induce | to persuade |
| requisite | required, a necessity |
| effusions | a pouring out of unrestrained expressions or feelings |
| inuring | to become used to something undesirable by prolonged subjection |
| inexorable | relentless, unyielding |
| solicitude | concern, anxious care |
| capitulated | to surrender under terms or conditions |
| paroxysm | a spasm, fit, or sudden outburst |
| ameliorate | improve, to become or make better |
| Chapter 1 | |
| Rankling | soreness, great pain |
| pittance | very small amount, a trifling |
| disconsolate | hopelessly sad |
| penury | very great poverty |
| Chapter 2 | |
| infidels | those without religion or belief, an atheist |
| caprice | impulsive change of mind, whim |
| filial | pertaining to a son or daughter |
| predilection | preference, partiality |
| chimerical | illusionary, fanciful, dreamlike |
| avidity | eagerness, greediness |
| averred | to declare in a positive, formal way |
| embued | saturated, filled with ideas of feeling |
| immutable | not susceptible to change |
| Chapter 3 | |
| imprudence | unwise, lack of wisdom |
| fortitude | valor, determination |
| benignity | kindly desposition, gracious |
| Deferred | to put off, delay, postpone |
| panegyric | speech filled with praise, compliments |
| palpable | acceptable to the mind or sensibilities |
| chapter 4 | |
| dogmatism | someone who strictly follows beliefs |
| pedant | one who flaunts learning |