| omnipotent | all-powerful; having unlimited power |
| physiognomy | the art of judging human character by facial features; facial features when regarded as revealing character |
| predilection | a preference toward someone or something |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt |
| infallible | incapable of failure or error |
| metaphysical | relating to the study of nature of beings; abstract;beyond the physical form; relating to the supernatural |
| unhallowed | unholy, immoral, desecrated, irreligious, impure |
| infamy | extremely bad reputation; evil fame |
| unsullied | not stained; clean, untainted, not tarnished, pure |
| indefatigable | incapable of being tired out; incapable of defeat; tireless; unwilling to give up |
| countenance | the appearance conveyed by a person’s face |
| demoniacal | related to evil spirits, devilish; very wicked |
| excommunication | the most severe penalty for refusing to obey Church laws; exclusion; casted out |
| prognosticate | (v.) to predict, especially on the basis of present indications or signs, foretoken |
| benificence | showing kindness to benefit others |
| enigmatic | puzzling, perplexing, mysterious |
| procure | acquire or obtain |
| abhorrence | feeling of disgust |
| advocate | a person who pleads for a cause or speaks in favor of an idea |
| allurement | entice someone using charm or attraction |
| barbarous | uncivilized or primitive |
| carnage | destruction of life |
| circumstantial evidence | information that is offered to establish the likelihood of a fact that is in question |
| frankenstein | Anything that threatens or destroys its creator; a work or agency that ruins its originator. This word was created in 1818, the same year Mary Shelley’s novel was published. |
| epithet | word or phrase that describes a person or thing or a nickname |
| infidel | an unbeliever |
| environs | The area adjoining or surrounding a place |
| interment | the ritual of placing a corpse in a grave |
| restorative | capable of regaining one’s health |
| apparition | a ghostlike image of a person or a ghostly figure; an unexplained or unusual appearance |
| tyrant | a ruler who abuses his power |
| majesty | impressive beauty, stately dignity, majestic splendor |
| innumerable | too numerous to be counted |
| vagrant | an idle wanderer |
| wretchedness | extreme misery, torment |
| immutable | not subject to change, constant, unchangeable |
| irreparable | cannot correct a mistake or repair damage |
| ineffectual | lacking forcefulness; not having the desired effect |
| unbridled | not restrained; not controlled |
| degradation | the act of damaging or ruining something or someone;humiliation, debasement |
Frankenstein Vocab.
February 20, 2020