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Frankenstein L-4
Vocabulary Letters - Chapter 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| fervent | passionate, glowing |
| eccentricities | deviating from a conventional pattern;different |
| paroxysm | a spasm,fit or sudden outburst |
| rankling | soreness,great pain |
| disconsolate | hopelessly sad |
| sublime | exalted;inspiring awe |
| caprice | impulsive change of mind;whim |
| chimerical | illusionary; fanciful; dreamlike |
| tyros | beginners;amateurs |
| impediments | hindrance;block |
| imprudence | unwise |
| benignity | kindly disposition;gracious |
| elixir | sweetened solution containing medicine |
| dogmatism | authoritarian assertion of opinion |
| unhallowed | not sacred;wicked, sinful, evil |