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Frankenstein week 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ostentation | pretentious of showy of vulgar display |
| abstruse | difficult to understand |
| facile | performing adroitly and without effort |
| entice | provoke someone to do something through persuasion |
| beguiler | a person who charms others |
| infalible | incapable of failure or error |
| proficient | having or showing knowledge and skill aptitude |
| protract | lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer |
| phenomenon | any state or process known through the senses |
| thencforth | from that time on |
| recourse | act of turning to for assistance |
| irksome | tedious or irritating corrupt |
| apparition | an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly |
| Charnel House | a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited |
| causation | the act of making something happen |
| rapture | a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion |
| consummation | reduced to nothingness |
| glimmer | a slight suggestion or vague understanding also, a flash or twinkling of light |
| precept | a rule of personal conduct. |