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Frankenstein Vocabulary 1
Preface through Chapter II
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Literature
12th Grade
08/27/2009
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abode
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a dwelling, home
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afflicted
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distressed, burdened, oppressed
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ameliorate
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to improve
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appertaining
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referring, pertaining
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averred
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declared, announced
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ardent
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enthusiastic, passionate
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astonishing
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amazing
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benevolent
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kindly, charitable
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capacious
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vast, spacious
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capitulated
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surrendered
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caprice
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whim
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catastrophe
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disaster
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celestial
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holy, heavenly, devine
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cultivated
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formed, created
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cursory
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hasty, quick; not detailed
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delineating
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describing, explaining
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disconsolate
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distressed
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discontented
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disappointed, dissatisfied
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eccentricities
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oddities, quirks
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effectual
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adequate, sufficient
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emaciated
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extremely thin
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embued
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filled with; motivated by
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endeavoured
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strived for
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enervating
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weakening
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excursion
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a trip
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exotic
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strikingly strange
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fervent
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passionate, enthusiastic
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galvanism
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electricity produced through a chemical action
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habitable
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livable
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ignoble
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lowly, insignificant
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impediments
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obstacles
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impertinent
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rude
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incantations
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chants, spells
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indefatigable
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persistent, relentless
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inexhaustible
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unlimited, tireless
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inexorable
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unable to be moved
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innovate
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to make changes in order to make new
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integrity
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honesty
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irradiated
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illuminated
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melancholy
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depressed, sad
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multifarious
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diverse
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predilection
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a preference
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presumption
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arrogance
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rankling
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aggravating
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renovating
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refreshing
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restorative
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remedy, healing solution
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reverential
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respectful, loving
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satiate
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to quench, satisfy
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scrupled
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hesitated
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smitten
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struck
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solicitude
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concern
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specimens
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individual items that are part of a group
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specters
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ghosts
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subsistence
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survival, living
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suppliant
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a beggar
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syndics
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magistrates, judges
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tranquility
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peacefulness
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tertiary
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of lesser importance; thridly
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tyros
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amateurs, beginners
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