Frankenstein Vocab #2

laudanum

• opium based painkiller

• flat grassy area

• navigation device

penury

• extreme poverty, destitution

• small holding cell

• high court order

preceptor

• a teacher

• a politician

• a law officer

encomiums

• a speech of high praise

• religious practices

• low paying jobs or tasks

dilatoriness

• a state of being late

• a state of being jealous

• a state of being smug

capacious

• large area, lots of room

• sarcastic and mean-spirited

• showing little care or interest

consecrate

• to declare something sacred

• to complete construction

• to move away from a city

indefatigable

• tireless

• obstinate

• invincible

acquiesce

• to relent, or give in

• to argue fervently

• to float in a body of water

verdure

• green vegetation

• foreign sanctions

• a type of evening wear