Chapter 25 — Vocabulary
Dracula by Bram Stoker — key words and definitions
Vocabulary Words from Chapter 25
- preceeded (verb)
- Came before in time or order (archaic spelling of "preceded").
- manifest (verb)
- To become apparent or evident; to display or show clearly.
- hotch-pot (noun)
- A legal term for the pooling of resources or property for equal division; a communal mixture.
- wan (adjective)
- Pale and giving the impression of illness or exhaustion.
- pallor (noun)
- An unhealthy pale appearance, often indicating shock, fear, or illness.
- sceptic (noun)
- A person inclined to doubt or question accepted beliefs (British spelling of "skeptic").
- travesty (noun)
- A false, absurd, or distorted representation of something.
- volition (noun)
- The faculty or power of using one's will; a conscious choice or decision.
- lethargy (noun)
- A state of sluggishness, inactivity, or abnormal drowsiness.
- euthanasia (noun)
- The practice of intentionally ending a life to relieve suffering; a painless death.
- remonstrance (noun)
- A forceful protest or reproach; an earnest objection or complaint.
- transcendentalism (noun)
- A philosophical movement emphasizing the spiritual over the material; belief in inherent goodness and idealism.
- predestinate (adjective)
- Determined or destined in advance by divine will or fate.
- empirically (adverb)
- Based on observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.
- acquiesced (verb)
- Accepted something reluctantly but without protest; silently consented.