Frankenstein+and+Anglo-Saxon+Vocab

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 * Frankenstein Vocab **

= Arduous-difficult,laborious =

= ** Capacious-spacious,able to contain much ** =

= Chimera-an imaginary monster =

= ** Convalescence-The gradual recovery of health ** =

= Countenance-The human face =

= ** Dauntless-Bare,Bold,Courageous ** =

= Delineate-To picture in words =

= ** Docile-Easily taught ** =

= ** Elixir-a substance held capable of prolonging life indefinately ** = = Fortnight-2 weeks =

= Ignominy-Dishonor =

= Languor-a languid feeling,slow = = ** Lassitude-Weariness,fatigue ** =

= Omnipotence-unlimited authority and power =

= ** Pedant- vain display of learning ** =

= Pertinacity-a person who is obstinately persistent =

= Poignant-Painfully affecting the feelings =

= Precipitous-steep =

= Predilection-preference, tendency to favor something =

= Vacillating-not resolute,wavering,undecided =

***Anglo Saxon Vocab ** **Scop-Traveling agent **

**Kenning-two word poetic renaming of people,places,and things **

**Caesuras-Rhythmic breaks in the middle of lines,where the reciter could pause for a break **

**assonance-the repetition of a vowel sounds in unrhymed, stress syllables **

**alliteration-the repition of initial consanant sounds in accented syllables **

**Reparation- act or process of making amends **

**taut-tight,not slack **

**chaste-morally pure or modest **

**pyre-a combustible pile for burning a corpse as a funeral rite **

**synod-a council or assembly of a christian church officials **

**shroud-a cloth used to wrap a body for burial **

**infamous-having an eceedingly bad reputation,notorious **

**sinew-a tendon **

**writhing-to twist and squirm,as in pain **

Questions 1 A cloth used to wrap a body for burial would be a ______ 2 act or process of making amends would be a____ 3 a combustible pile for burning a corpse as a funeral rite would be a____ 4 a council or assembly of a christian church officials is a____ 5 to twist and squirm,as in pain is to___ 6 not resolute,wavering,undecided ___ 7 2 weeks ____ 8 The human face ___ 9 Bare,Bold,Courageous ___ 10 difficult,laborious