Here are my Frankenstein vocab words for this week:
Frankenstein Vocab Chapter 8
Mockery - Ch.8 :During the whole of this wretched
mockery of justice I suffered living torture.
What we think it means: To mock or not take seriously.
My sentence: He was depressed from all the mockery.
Ignominious - Ch.8 :Justine
also was a girl of merit and possessed qualities which promised to render
her life happy; now all was to be obliterated
her life happy; now all was to be obliterated
in an ignominious grave, and I the cause!
What we think it means: Shame.
My Sentence: She took the Ignominious defeat.
Exculpated - Ch.8 :but I was absent when it was committed,and such a
declaration would have been considered as the ravings of a madman and
would not have exculpated her who suffered through me.
declaration would have been considered as the ravings of a madman and
would not have exculpated her who suffered through me.
What we think it means: Included, with wrongdoing.
My Sentence: If not for me I would not have Exculpated her.
Countenance - Ch.8 :She was dressed in mourning, and her countenance,
always engaging, was rendered, by the solemnity of her feelings,
exquisitely beautiful.
always engaging, was rendered, by the solemnity of her feelings,
exquisitely beautiful.
What we think it means: Expression.
My Sentence: His Countenance was fearful.
Indignation - Ch.8 : she had placed round his neck, a murmur of horror
and indignation filled the court.
and indignation filled the court.
What we think it means: Dictatorship.
My Sentence: Indignation was the only thing on his mind.
Conjecture - Ch.8 :I am only left to conjecture concerning the probabilities
by which it might have been placed in my pocket.
by which it might have been placed in my pocket.
What we think it means: Speak an opinion or thought.
My Sentence: My conjecture depends on this man's death.
Wantonly - Ch.8 :But here also I am checked. I believe that I have no
enemy on earth, and none surely would have been so wicked as to
destroy me wantonly.
enemy on earth, and none surely would have been so wicked as to
destroy me wantonly.
What we think it means: A deliberate way.
My Sentence: They wantonly dealt damage to the car.
Approbation - Ch.8 :A murmur of approbation followed Elizabeth’s
simple and powerful appeal, but it was excited by her generous.
simple and powerful appeal, but it was excited by her generous.
What we think it means: Admiration.
My Sentence: It was his way of showing approbation.
Guile - Ch.8 :Her mild eyes seemed incapable of any severity or guile,
and yet she has committed a murder.’
and yet she has committed a murder.’
What we think it means: Slyness.
My Sentence: They used Guile to get away with murder.
Absolution - Ch.8 :‘I did confess, but I confessed a lie. I confessed, that
I might obtain absolution;
I might obtain absolution;
What we think it means: Punishment.
My Sentence: The boys would have to deal with the absolution.
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