ENG II Honors/RivchinFrankenstein ‘13

Frankenstein Adopt-a-Word (1)
Note: Your name is UNDERNEATH the word you’ve been assigned.
On front: the word (in big letters), its part of speech, visual representing your word, your name.
On back:your word’s definition.
1. satiate(v.): to satisfy or supply with anything to excess. When I went to the movies, I satiated myself with popcorn, Junior Mints and a Diet Coke.
Adopted by: Matt Brown
2. chimera (n.): a horrible or unreal creature of the imagination; any similarly grotesque monster having disparate parts.
Adopted by: Chasin

3. ardor (n.): great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion
Adopted by:Tiffany C.
4. forbear (v.): to refrain, hold back, or withhold
Adopted by: Tyler (ironic word assignment... cough cough)
5. indefatigable(n.): incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring(Almost sounds like “in” or “un defeat-able.”)
Adopted by:Tiff D.
6. penury (n.): extreme poverty or destitution (did you have this word with ToTC?)
Adopted by:Kaush
7. fortitude (n.): mental, physical and/or emotional strength in times of hardship or difficulty
Adopted by: Casey G.
8. sepulcher (n.): a tomb, grave, or burial place (site of Romeo & Juliet’s death in Shakespeare’s play, also referenced in the poem Annabel Lee by Poe)
Adopted by: Lawrence
9. poignant (adj.): affecting or moving the emotions
Adopted by:Samish
10. caprice (n.) a tendency to change one's mind without apparent or adequate motive. Fickle is a synonym. Capricious is the adjective form.
Adopted by:Jon K.
11. incantation (n.):the chanting or uttering of words that supposedly have magical powers; a spell (like the witches’ words in Macbeth).
Adopted by:Brian
12. capitulate (v.): to surrender unconditionally; to give up resistance
Adopted by:Kristi
13. insipient (adj.): foolish
Adopted by:Nicole
14. pedantic (adj.): making an excessive, obnoxious or inappropriate display of learning. Pedant is the noun form.
Adopted by:Marina
15. conjecture (n.): the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence or proof
Adopted by:Sami
16.approbation (n.): approval, commendation
Adopted by:Dan
17.ignominy (n.): a disgrace or dishonor
Adopted by:Lara

18.avowal (n.): an open statement of affirmation; frank acknowledgment or admission
Adopted by: David
19.unremitting (adj): never relaxing or slackening; incessant
Adopted by:Scott
20.prognosticate (v.): to predict from present indications or signs (it’s a synonym of “predict.” Think“PROGNOSIS.”)
Adopted by:Britt

21.dirge (n.): a funeral song or tune, expressing mourning in commemoration of the deceased
Adopted by:Erica
22.amiable (adj.): having or showing pleasant, good-natured qualities

Adopted by: Chris
23.depravity (n.): a state of moral corruption. Depraved is the adjective form.
Adopted by: Leanne

24.delineate (v.): to define, explain or demarcate (sometimes using a drawing – like, delineating the borders of two countries on a map).
Adopted by:Theresa