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Blaesing Frankenstein Quiz 1

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  1. dilate
    add details to clarify an idea
    "....how I, then a young girl, came to think of, and to dilate upon, so very hideous an idea?"
    think expand... in this sentence she expands on an idea she has. When the eye doctor dilates your pupils they expand.
  2. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
    His success would terrify the artist; he would rush away from his odious handiwork, horror-stricken.
  3. progeny
    the immediate descendants of a person
    And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper.
  4. ardent
    characterized by intense emotion
    I am too ardent in execution, and too impatient of difficulties.
    think passionate.... I am an ardent support of women's rights.
  5. emaciated
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
    His limbs were nearly frozen, and his body dreadfully emaciated by fatigue and suffering.
  6. wretched
    deserving or inciting pity
    I never saw a man in so wretched a condition.
  7. harrowing
    causing extreme distress
    Strange and harrowing must be his story.
    think so horrible it hurts .... this is emotional pain not physical.
  8. oblivion
    the state of being disregarded or forgotten
    This man .... could not bear to live in poverty and oblivion in the same country where he had formerly been distinguished for his rank and magnificence.
  9. penury
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
    .... while the number of half-clothed children gathered about it, spoke of penury in its worst shape.
  10. cursory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
    But the cursory glance my father had taken of my volume by no means assured me that he was acquainted with its contents, and I continued to read with the greatest avidity.
  11. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
    She died calmly, and her countenance expressed affection even in death.
    Think facial expression
Created on Wed Mar 13 09:37:43 EDT 2013 (updated Wed Mar 13 10:06:28 EDT 2013)

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