Frankenstein Vocabulary 2
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- abstain
- To refrain from something by one's own choice: abstain from traditional political rhetoric.
- augury
- The art, ability, or practice of auguring; divination.
- balmy
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Having the quality or fragrance of balm; soothing.
Mild and pleasant: a balmy breeze. - condensation
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An abridgement or shortening of something, especially of a written work or speech.
Physics.
The process by which a gas or vapor changes to a liquid. - cursory
- Performed with haste and scant attention to detail: a cursory glance at the headlines.
- blight
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Any of numerous plant diseases resulting in sudden conspicuous wilting and dying of affected parts, especially young, growing tissues.
The condition or causative agent, such as a bacterium, fungus, or virus, that results in blight. - deprecate
- To express disapproval of; deplore.
- dissuade
- To deter (a person) from a course of action or a purpose by persuasion or exhortation: dissuaded my friend from pursuing such a rash scheme.
- enigmatic
- Of or resembling an enigma; puzzling: a professor's enigmatic grading system
- facilitate
- To make easy or easier: political agreements that facilitated troop withdrawals.
- fraught
- Filled with a specified element or elements; charged: an incident fraught with danger; an evening fraught with high drama.
- gratification
- the act of being pleased or satisfied: His achievement gratified his father.To give what is desired to; indulge: gratified her curiosity. Reward
- hypocritical
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being accused from hypocrisy, the practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.
An act or instance of such falseness. - imbibe
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To drink.
To absorb or take in as if by drinking: “The whole body... imbibes delight through every pore†(Henry David Thoreau). - imperious
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Arrogantly domineering or overbearing. See Synonyms at dictatorial.
Urgent; pressing.
Obsolete. Regal; imperial.