Frankenstein, chapters 21-24

cami (United States of America)
Frankenstein by Mary Shelly, Barnes and Noble Classics
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  1. supposition
    the cognitive process of conjecturing
  2. augury
    an event indicating important things to come
  3. apothecary
    a health professional who prepares and dispenses drugs
  4. replete
    fill to satisfaction
  5. repugnance
    intense aversion
  6. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
  7. vexation
    anger produced by some annoying irritation
  8. paroxysm
    a sudden uncontrollable attack
  9. consternation
    sudden shock or dismay that causes confusion
  10. incoherent
    without logical or meaningful connection
  11. imperious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  12. conducive
    tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
  13. consecrate
    give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
  14. torpor
    a state of motor and mental inactivity
  15. prophetic
    foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention
  16. acme
    the highest point of something
  17. invective
    abusive language used to express blame or censure
  18. narrative
    an account that tells the particulars of an act or event
  19. abjure
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  20. repast
    the food served and eaten at one time
  21. unabashed
    not embarrassed
  22. gibe
    laugh at with contempt and derision
  23. instigate
    provoke or stir up
  24. retribution
    a justly deserved penalty
  25. despondency
    feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
  26. encumber
    hold back, impede, or weigh down
  27. congeal
    solidify, thicken, or come together
  28. immure
    lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
  29. imminent
    close in time; about to occur
  30. actuate
    put in motion
  31. portend
    indicate by signs
  32. instigate
    provoke or stir up
  33. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  34. purport
    have the often misleading appearance of being or intending
  35. opprobrium
    a state of extreme dishonor
  36. transcendent
    exceeding or surpassing usual limits
  37. irremediable
    impossible to correct or redress
  38. conflagration
    a very intense and uncontrolled fire
Created on Sat Oct 19 10:33:47 EDT 2013 (updated Sat Oct 26 21:53:55 EDT 2013)

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