Chapter 7 — Vocabulary
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley — key words and definitions
Vocabulary Words from Chapter 7
- callous
- Showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.
- agitation
- A state of anxiety or nervous excitement.
- cabriolet
- A light, two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with a folding hood.
- prognosticate
- To foretell or prophesy a future event.
- dirge
- A lament for the dead, especially one forming part of a funeral rite.
- daemon
- An evil spirit or devil; in older usage, a supernatural being.
- desolating
- Causing devastating destruction or overwhelming grief.
- livid
- Extremely pale or discolored, as from a bruise or death.
- venerable
- Accorded great respect, especially because of age, wisdom, or character.
- unremitted
- Not relaxed or diminished; constant and sustained.
- endued
- Provided or endowed with a quality or ability (archaic form of "endowed").
- candour
- The quality of being open, honest, and sincere; also kindliness of disposition.
- vivacity
- The quality of being attractively lively and animated.
- precipice
- A very steep rock face or cliff; a dangerous situation.
- depravity
- Moral corruption; wickedness.
- carnage
- The killing of a large number of people; slaughter.