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Frankenstein Vocab 2

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Fastidious giving attention to detail
Paroxysm a sudden uncontrollable attack
Conciliate to gain the good will of someone or to cause to be more favorably inclined; make calm and content; placate
Foreboding a feeling something bad is going to happen
Fervent characterized by intense emotion
Desolation sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
Satiate to fill to satisfaction
Injunction a formal command or admonition
Ameliorate to make better
Progeny the immediate descendents of a person
Repine to express discontent
Effusion an unrestrained expression or emotion; the action of giving off or emitting something, such as light, a smell, or liquid
Inure to cause to accept or become hardened to; to become immune to unpleasant events or situations
Earnestness the trait of being serious or sincere
Fortitude the strength to never give up despite adversity
Disposition your usual mood
Entreat to ask for or request earnestly
Suppliant one praying humbly for something
Inexorable not able to be persuaded or stopped by any means; stubborn
Prudence knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; cautiousness; carefulness
Industrious characterized by hard work
Solicitude a feeling of excessive concern
Emaciated very thin, especially from disease, hunger, or cold
Repose a state of rest, sleep, or tranquility
Impertinent improperly forward or bold; behaving without proper respect; rude
Created by: Peter Whitehead
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