Frankenstein vocab list - quiz April 26

satiate (v)

To feed to the full; to fully satisfy

Inure (v)

become accustomed to something painful or difficult; to harden

paroxysm (n)

Any sudden violent action or emotion; convulsion or fit

oblivion (n)

Act of forgetting; forgetfulness

Vagrant (n)

And idle wanderer; vagabond (person who wanders without home or job)

Vehement (adj)

Acting with great force; furious; impetuous; ardent

Inclemency (n)

harshness; severity; lack of mercy

multifarious (adj)

having great variety; numerous and diverse

Ineffectual (adj)

Insufficient to produce an effect; useless; not producing proper effort; in vein

Infallible (adj)

Incapable of error; certain

Obliterate (v)

To erase or blot out; to cancel

Ignominy (n)

Dishonor; conduct deserving of disgrace

Lamentation (n)

a wailing sound; an audible expression of sorrow

Poignant (adj)

emotionally moving; touching

Ardent (adj)

Hot or burning; fiery; warm; fervent

Dispel (v)

to drive away; to dissipate

Canvass (v)

to examine in detail; to scrutinize; to solicit

Persevere (v)

to persist in anything undertaken

Dilatory (adj)

tending to delay or procrastinate

Intimate (v)

To suggest indirectly or hint in a delicate, subtle way

Dissuade (v)

to advise or exhort against; to divert by persuasion

Sanguinary (adj)

bloody; eager to shed blood

Requisition (n)

a requirement; a state of being demanded

Mutable (adj)

changeable; capable of change

Stigma (n)

a mark or sign of disgrace