Frankenstein list 2 (exhortation - conflagration)

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feint

(n.) a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense; (v.) to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of

tenet

(n.) an opinion, belief, or principle held to be true

opprobrium

(n.) disgrace arising from shameful conduct; contempt, reproach

invective

An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language.

squalid

filthy, wretched, debased

abjuration

giving up

artifice

ingenuity, subtle deception

indolence

laziness

novelty

something new or unusual

antiquity

something old; a past age

dilatory

tending to delay; not prompt; slow

consecrate

to make sacred

dote

to show excessive fondness for

enraptured syn

enchanted, charmed, entranced

machinations

evil plotting, secret scheme

conflagration

a large destructive fire

vestige

a trace or evidence of something that once existed

sagacity

acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment

exhortation

an address or communication emphatically urging someone to do something

augury

an omen or prophecy

Epithets

curses, hateful comments

reverie

daydream

scion

descendant

consternation

dismay, paralyzing terror


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