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Frankenstein vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abhorrence | feeling of disgust or hatred |
| abject | utterly hopeless; miserable |
| actuated | caused or motivated to take action |
| aquitted | declared not guilty of a crime |
| adjuration | urgent/serious request |
| adversary | an opponent or enemy |
| affability | friendliness and pleasant personality; easy to talk to |
| affliction | something causing pain, suffering, distress |
| affluence | a lot of wealth/money |
| alienated | feeling separated/isolated from others |
| alleging | claiming/asserting something without indefinite proof |
| allotment | distribute a shared amount |
| amassed | collect/ gather a lot of something |
| ameliorate | to make something better |
| amiable | friendly and pleasent |
| barbarity | brutal/ lack of humanity |
| benefactor | benefiting someone/something often by giving money |
| benevolence | disposition to do good |
| benenumbed | unable to feel emotionally or physically |
| besought | begged or pleaded with/to someone |
| besieged | surrounded cut off from help and supplies |
| blight | plant disease/something that destroys life |
| cadance | a rhythm or sequence of sounds or words often in speech |
| calamity | serious tragedy or disaster |
| candour | openness and honesty |
| capacious | having a lot of space |
| capitulated | gave up/ surrendered |
| casement | a window that opens on its hinges |
| decipher | to understand or figure out something difficult |
| declamation | strong emotional/ passionate speech |
| degredation | lowering of ones quality/status |
| dejected | sad, disappointed, discouraged |
| delirium | confused or excited mental state |
| deprecate | express disapproval of something |
| deprivation | lack of something necessary/important |