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A vocabulary word list of 150 words for Frankenstein is listed in order of appearance:
- NOTE: Celebrity, reminiscences, immortalize, ostensible, eponymous, alienation
- Author\’s introduction: Averse, appendage, fostered, galvanism, component, odious, quench, transient
- Letter 1 — Letter IV: pp. 1-14 Celestial, conjecture, niche, assailed, endeavor, ardent, derive, fosterage, amassed, latitude, emaciated, trifling, countenance, inquisitiveness, daemon, quiver, converse, discernment, intonation, liniments, harrowing
- Chapters I-IV; pp. 14-34 Indefatigable, abode, rankling, adversity, interment, benevolent, bestow, afflicted, disconsolate, penury, reverential, sublime, fervently, chimerical, tertiary, impediments, multifarious, relinquishing, grandeur, palpable, grappling, enticement, irksome, minutiae, obliterated, intricacies, ardour, transitory
- Chapters V-VII; pp. 34-54
Delineate, vicar, chastise, vacillating, docile, diffident, perambulation, desolating, promontory, dirge, magistrate
- Chapters VIII-XI; pp. 54-76 Adduced, obdurate, gnash, abhorrence, sublime, dissoluble, irrevocable, lament, debilitate, sustenance, conjecture
- Chapters XI-XV; pp. 77-97 Hovel, venerable, exhortation, mortification, dispel, asylum, tumultuous
- Chapters XVI-XVIII; pp. 97-114
Tenement, spurn, succour, imprecate, precipice, dissipate, candour, allurements
- Chapters XIX-XXII; pp. 114-136 Superscription, remissness, loiter, waft, buffet, augury, respite
- Chapters XXII-end; pp. 136-166 Futility, conjure, exertion, reverie, obstinate, procure, incredulous, physiognomy, delirium, repose, adjuration, asseveration, irremediable
Thank you Jan Cook, a former high school teacher at Sacred Heart Prep, Atherton, CA for being the teacher contributor at www.myVocabulary.com for a vocabulary word list for Frankenstein written by Mary Shelley.