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Frankenstein Vocab List II

  1. celestial
    heavenly
  2. eccentricities
    oddities
  3. adieu
    goodbye
  4. ameliorate
    improve
  5. penury
    poverty
  6. filial
    parental
  7. tertiary
    third
  8. panegyric
    formal praise
  9. crucible
    a heat resistant container used to melt metals
  10. physiognomy
    judging by physical appearance
  11. dogmatism
    giving opinion without evidence
  12. pedantry
    showing of knowledge
  13. lassitude
    weakness; lack of energy
  14. pertinacity
    not giving up
  15. fortnight
    two weeks
  16. dilatoriness
    tardiness
  17. salubrious
    wholesome
  18. cabriolet
    light, two-wheeled carriage
  19. excomiums
    praises
  20. infamy
    notoriety
  21. exculpated
    freed from blame
  22. ephemeral
    transitory; changing
  23. scourge
    whip; torture
  24. cadence
    measured rythm
  25. scion
    descendant
  26. noisome
    foul smelling
  27. portmanteau
    suitcase
  28. myraids
    countless numbers
  29. succor
    help
  30. ogre
    monster
  31. exordium
    beginning
  32. augury
    prophecy
  33. eradicated
    erased; destroyed
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ID
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Card Set
Frankenstein Vocab List II
Description
english I vocab words
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