Frankenstein Chapter 5 Vocabulary

Delineate

• Erase completely
• Expand without detail
• Describe or outline with precision
• Blur the details

Lassitude

• Energy
• Vitality
• Enthusiasm
• Weariness

Shroud

• Pillowcase
• Curtain
• Burial cloth
• Blanket

Demoniacal

• Kind and compassionate
• Extremely wicked or cruel; devilish

• Innocent and pure
• Gentle and benevolent

Palpitation

• Feeling of calm and steady heartbeat
• Sensation of slow and weak heartbeat
• Sensation of tingling in the fingers
• Sensation of rapid, strong, or irregular heartbeat

Langour

• lack of enthusiasm

• not applicable

• excitable

• long lasting

Allude

• State directly
• Ignore completely
• Mention explicitly
• Mention slightly

Unremitting

• Intermittent
• Occasional
• Steady

• Sporadic

Pertinacity

• Laziness
• Persistence or determination
• Forgetfulness
• Indecisiveness

Remorse

• Regret
• Excitement
• Happiness
• Joy