Frankenstein Chapter 4 Vocabulary

Ardor

• Enthusiasm or passion
• Apathy
• Indifference
• Coldness

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

Pedantry

• lack of concern with minor details and learning

• a classroom of minors

• an unnecessary or inappropriate display of learning

• a teacher's attempt to teach minors

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.L.8.5C

Infallibly

• Unreliably
• Intermittently
• Without failure or error
• Occasionally

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.L.8.6

Infallibly

• Occasionally
• Intermittently
• Randomly
• Without failure or error

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

Apparition

• Ghostly figure or the act of appearing suddenly or unexpectedly
• Disappearance
• Illusion
• To divide using barriers or walls

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Minutiae of Causation

• anything that can be observed

• the microscopic world

• the changed from life to death, and death to life

• the cause and effect of the natural world

endeavors

• accomplishments
• attempts or efforts
• success
• achievements

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.L.8.5B

ineffectual

• productive
• futile

• powerful
• effective

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

Incessantly

• continuously
• intermittently
• sporadically
• occasionally

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

Impracticability

• not considered probable an improbability

• not considered practical or suitable to put into practice

• not considered possible

• not considered clear or defined by right or wrong

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B