Save
Upgrade to remove ads
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or
show password
Forgot Password?
Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or
Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account. Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.
focusNode
Didn't know it?
click below
 
Knew it?
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
0:00
edit
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how

Frankenstein Part I

Frankenstein Part I Vocabulary List For whs

TermDefinition
Abhorrence A feeling of deep hatred
Abject Extremely bad
Actuated Motivated or caused to act in a particular way.
Acquitted Judged not guilty of a criminal offense.
Adjuration A solemn earnest appeal or command.
Adversary One's opponent in a contest
Affability A quality of being friendly
Affliction Something that causes pain or suffering; a state of persistent pain or distress.
Affluence The state of having a great deal of money; wealth.
Alienated Experiencing feelings of isolation and estrangement from others.
Alleging Claiming that someone has done something wrong or illegal
Allotment An amount or share of something delegated
Amassed Gathered together or accumulated over a period of time.
Ameliorate To make something bad or unsatisfactory better.
Amiable Having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner.
Barbarity Extreme cruelty or savagery.
Benefactor A person who gives money or other help to a person or cause.
Benevolence The quality of being well meaning; kindness.
Benumbed Deprived of physical or mental feeling; paralyzed or stunned.
Besought Past tense of beseech; asked someone urgently and fervently to do something; implored.
Besieged Surrounding a place with armed forces in order to capture it or force surrender; or persistently pestered.
Blight A thing that spoils or damages something; a plant disease.
Cadence A rhythmic flow or sequence of sounds or words.
Calamity An event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster.
Candour The quality of being open and honest in expression; frankness.
Capacious Having a lot of space inside; roomy.
Capitulated Ceased resisting an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrendered.
Casement A window or part of a window set on hinges so that it opens like a door.
Decipher To convert into normal language; to succeed in understanding
Declamation The delivery of an emphatic or rhetorical speech.
Degradation The condition or process of degrading or being degraded (loss of self-respect
Dejected Sad and depressed; dispirited.
Delirium An acutely disturbed state of mind characterized by restlessness
Deprecate To express strong disapproval of something.
Deprivation The damaging lack of material benefits considered to be basic necessities in a society.
Created by: user-2062828
Popular Reading sets

 

 



Voices

Use these flashcards to help memorize information. Look at the large card and try to recall what is on the other side. Then click the card to flip it. If you knew the answer, click the green Know box. Otherwise, click the red Don't know box.

When you've placed seven or more cards in the Don't know box, click "retry" to try those cards again.

If you've accidentally put the card in the wrong box, just click on the card to take it out of the box.

You can also use your keyboard to move the cards as follows:

If you are logged in to your account, this website will remember which cards you know and don't know so that they are in the same box the next time you log in.

When you need a break, try one of the other activities listed below the flashcards like Matching, Snowman, or Hungry Bug. Although it may feel like you're playing a game, your brain is still making more connections with the information to help you out.

To see how well you know the information, try the Quiz or Test activity.

Pass complete!
"Know" box contains:
Time elapsed:
Retries:
restart all cards