Chapter 10 — Vocabulary

Vocabulary Words from Chapter 10

conjointly (adverb)

Together with another; in combination or partnership.

prostration (noun)

A state of extreme physical or emotional exhaustion; total collapse of strength.

beneficent (adjective)

Performing acts of kindness and charity; producing good results.

defibrinate (verb)

To remove fibrin (a clotting protein) from blood, typically before a transfusion.

trituration (noun)

The process of grinding, rubbing, or wearing away by friction.

narcotic (noun)

A drug that induces drowsiness, sleep, or insensibility and relieves pain.

pallor (noun)

An unhealthy pale appearance, especially of the face.

vivacity (noun)

The quality of being attractively lively and animated.

presage (noun)

A sign or warning that something (typically bad) will happen; an omen.

acquiesce (verb)

To accept something reluctantly but without protest.

impressment (noun)

A display of great excitement, eagerness, or ceremony (used here in a non-standard sense by Stoker).

pharmacopeia (noun)

An official publication listing medicinal drugs with their effects, directions for use, and standards.

emanate (verb)

To issue or spread out from a source; to originate.

retrograde (adjective)

Moving backward; reverting to an earlier and usually worse condition.

paraphernalia (noun)

Miscellaneous articles, especially the equipment needed for a particular activity.

cerebral (adjective)

Relating to the brain or the intellect.