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Frankenstein Vocabulary Chapters 6-12
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03/02/2010
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desire to hurt or harm others
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Malice
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to feel or express sorrow or pity
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Commiserate
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to relieve
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Alleviate
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to denounce
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Execrate
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sly trickery
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Guile
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deceit
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Guile
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to forecast
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Prognosticate
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to take dishonestly
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Purloin
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impenetrable by or not reflecting light
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Opaque
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shameful or dishonorable conduct
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Ignominy
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insidious cunning in attaining a goal
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Guile
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to stimulate
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Exhilarate
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a person of puzzling or contradictory character
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Enigma
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inactive
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Dormant
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expression of the face
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Countenance
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to form conjectures
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Conjecture
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Frankness
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Candor
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clear
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Articulate
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to make easier
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Alleviate
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to abhor
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Execrate
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incapable of being injured
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Impervious
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to make a prophesy
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Prognosticate
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to lessen
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Alleviate
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to approve
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Countenance
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shame
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Ignominy
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resembling sleep
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Dormant
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to guess
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Conjecture
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an obscure riddle
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Enigma
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evil intent on the part of a person who commits a wrongful act injurious to others
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Malice
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anger at something unworthy or unjust
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Indignation
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incapable of being penetrated
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Impervious
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to make lively
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Exhilarate
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to theorize
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Conjecture
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to sympathize
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Commiserate
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sincerity
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Candor
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strong dislike
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Antipathy
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to steal
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Purloin
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quiet
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Placid
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to predict from facts
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Prognosticate
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dark
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Opaque
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allowing no passage
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Impervious
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disgrace
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Ignominy
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crafty deception
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Guile
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Lying asleep
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Dormant
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to permit or tolerate
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Countenance
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righteous anger
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Indignation
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peaceful
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Placid
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a natural repugnance
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Antipathy
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to curse
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Execrate
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dishonesty
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Ignominy
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tranquil
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Placid
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dull
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Opaque
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distinct
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Articulate
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to utter clearly
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Articulate
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speaking with honesty
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Candor
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imprecate evil upon
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Execrate
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undisturbed
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Placid
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incapable of being influenced
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Impervious
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incapable of being persuaded
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Impervious
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incapable of being affected
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Impervious
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to utter curses
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Execrate
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to pronounce with clarity
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Articulate
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an opinion
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Conjecture
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undisclosed
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Dormant
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to enliven
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Exhilarate
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hard to understand
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Opaque
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appearance
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Countenance
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unassertive
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Dormant
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capable of speech
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Articulate
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an object of natural aversion
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Antipathy
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obscure
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Opaque
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to make cheerful or merry
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Exhilarate
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the face
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Countenance
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freedom from bias
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Candor
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expressed with clarity
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Articulate
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theory, guess, or speculation
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Conjecture
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stupid
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Opaque
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using language fluently
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Articulate
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fairness, impartiality
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Candor
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having a meaningful relation
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Articulate
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approval, favor, encouragement
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Countenance
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to give distinction to
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Articulate
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to support or encourage
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Countenance
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to unite by joint
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Articulate
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to reveal
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Articulate
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a high point of land extending from the coast into the land
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Promontory
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healthful
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Salubrious
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long and tiring
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Tedious
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touching
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poignant
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deserving respect because of age, character, or importance
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Venerable
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favorable to or promoting health
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Salubrious
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keenly distressing to the mind of feelings
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Poignant
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a title for someone proclaimed by the Roman Catholic Church to have attained the first degree of sanctity
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Venerable
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wordy as to cause weariness or boredom
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Tedious
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pungent to the smell
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Poignant
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hallowed by religious or historical associations
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Venerable
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impressive because of age or antique appearance
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Venerable
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extremely old or ancient
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Venerable
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