Frankenstein Vocab

Frankenstein Vocab                                                        Ch 5-7
In literacy we are reading Frankenstein, every week we have been doing vocab words. Mr G sets us words for the week, we then have to: find it in the book, write the sentence around around it, guess the definition and finally copy down the dictionary definition. Here are my words for the week:

Frankenstein Vocab                                                                    Ch 5-7

Odious- Ch 6 - He looks upon study as an odious fetter; his time is spent

in the open air, climbing the hills or rowing on the lake.

-Our guessed meaning: Strange and horrible.

-Dictionary Definition: extremely unpleasant; repulsive.

Irreparable- Ch 7 - ‘I can offer you no consolation, my friend,’ said he;
‘your disaster is irreparable. What do you intend to do?’

-Our guessed meaning: Unable to be repaired or fixed.

-Dictionary Definition: Impossible to rectify or repair.

Docile- Ch 6 - M. Krempe was not equally docile; and in my condition
at that time, of almost insupportable sensitiveness, his harsh, blunt encomiums
‘D—n the fellow!’ cried he.gave me even more pain than the benevolent
approbation of M. Waldman.

-Our guessed meaning: Submissive or willing to go along with others’ actions

-Dictionary Definition: ready to accept control or instruction; submissive

Placid- Ch 7 - I contemplated the lake: the waters were placid;
all around was calm; and the snowy mountains, ‘the pal-

aces of nature,’ were not changed.

-Our guessed meaning: Calm, relaxed.

-Dictionary Definition: not easily upset or excited.

Dirge- Ch 7 - I clasped my hands, and exclaimed aloud,
‘William, dear angel! this is thy funeral, this thy dirge!’

-Our guessed meaning: Someone’s funeral

-Dictionary Definition: A a lament for the dead,
especially one forming part of a funeral rite.

Delirium- Ch 7-I remembered also the nervous fever with which I had been

seized just at the time that I dated my creation, and which

would give an air of delirium to a tale otherwise so utterly improbable.

-Our guessed meaning: Someone or something in a crazy state of mind

-Dictionary Definition:  Acutely disturbed state of mind characterized by
restlessness, illusions, and incoherence, occurring in intoxication, fever,
and other disorders

Depravity-Ch 7- I had rather have been forever ignorant than
have discovered so much depravity and ingratitude in one I valued so highly.’

-Our guessed meaning: Corrupted, and ungrateful.

-Dictionary Definition: Moral corruption; wickedness.

Candor- Ch 7-“There was the same candor, the same vivacity,
but it was allied to an expression more full of sensibility and intellect.”

-Our guessed meaning: Being honest with someone

-Dictionary Definition: The quality of being open and honest; frankness.

Alleviate- Ch 7- “You come to us now to share a misery which nothing
can Alleviate;”

-Our guessed meaning: Get rid of, make something better

-Dictionary Definition: make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe

Amiable- Ch 7- “He must have been a noble creature in his better days,
being even now in wreck so attractive and Amiable”

-Our guessed meaning: Friendly, or nice.

-Dictionary Definition: Having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner.