Frankenstein Vocab Lesson 1

Dissipate means

• To concentrate or gather
• To increase or multiply
• To organize or arrange
• To disperse or scatter

Arduous means

• Difficult
• Simple
• Easy
• Effortless

Relinquished means

• To acquire or obtain something
• To give up or let go of something
• To hold on to something tightly
• To cherish and value something deeply

Exonerate means

• To ignore evidence of guilt
• To clear from accusation or blame
• To apologize for a mistake
• To convict of a crime

Fortitude means

• Fear of facing difficulties
• Courage in facing difficulties or adversity
• Weakness in facing difficulties
• Lack of determination in facing difficulties

Repellent means

• Friendly and hospitable
• Inviting and welcoming
• causing disgust or aversion; driving away

• Attractive and appealing

Eloquence means

• Fluency and persuasiveness in speaking or writing
• Awkwardness and clumsiness in speaking or writing
• Lack of confidence in speaking or writing
• Incoherence and confusion in speaking or writing

Fastidious means

• Very attentive to detail and difficult to please
• Lacking attention to detail
• Quick and efficient
• Careless and easygoing

Irrevocably means

• Easily
• Temporarily
• Partially
• In a way that cannot be changed, reversed, or recovered

Degraded means

• To increase in quantity or value
• Treated with disrespect

• To improve in quality or value
• To stay the same in quality or value