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MHS ADV.WLD.LIT #1
advanced world literature Frankenstein vocab list #1
Term | Definition |
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Agitation | Commotion, excitement; uneasiness/ Synonyms: disturbance, restlessness, anxiety |
Ardor | Passion, enthusiasm/ synonyms: intensity, vehemence |
Ascertain | to determine, discover, to make certain of/ synonyms: verify, calculate, detect |
Banish | to force to leave, exile/ synonyms: expel, deport |
Conjecture | speculation, prediction/ synonyms: postulation, hypothesis, supposition |
Consecrate | to declare sacred, dedicated to a goal/ synonyms: sanctify, devote |
Derive | to obtain from a source/ synonyms: infer, deduce, arise |
Desolation | barren wasteland; sadness, loneliness/ synonyms: bleakness, devastation, ruin; dispair |
Diffuse | to spread out/ synonyms: scatter, disperse |
Dispel | to drive out or scatter/ synonyms: disperse, dispanned |
Effusion | an emotion expressed without restraint/ synonyms: profusion, feeling, expression |
Entreat | to plead, beg/ synonyms: beseech, implore, importune, request |
Fervent | passionate, intense, zealous/ synonyms: vehement, eager, enthusiastic, avid |
Fluctuate | to alternate, waver/ synonyms: swing, oscillate, vary, undulate |
Foreboding | an omen, prediction, or presentiment of upcoming evil/ synonyms: anxiety, dread, premonition, agury |
Fortitude | strength, stamina/ synonyms: endurance, hardiness, toughness, courage |
Induce | to persuade; to bring about/ synonyms: prevail, convince, lead, effect, occasion |
Injunction | command, order/ synonyms: directive, behest, mandate, edict, decree |
Inure | to harden; accustom; become used to/ synonyms: habituate, familiarize, condition |
Neglect | to ignore or disregard, to be negligent/ synonyms: overlook, skimp |
Niche | best position for something, recess in a wall/ synonyms: alcove, cranny, crevice, place, station |
Perpetual | endless, lasting/ synonyms: continuous, constant, ceaseless, eternal |
Peruse | to examine closely/ synonyms: scrutinize, inspect, investigate |
Resolve | to determine or to make a firm decision about/ synonyms: solve, decide synonyms: |
Satiate | to satisfy/ synonyms: state, cloy, glut, gorge, surfeit |
Sustain | to support, uphold, endure, undergo/ synonyms: maintain, prop, encourage, withstand, confirm |