Vocabulary Excercise

Choose three words from Frankenstein that you didn't know or had to look up in a dictionary. Write a new sentence for each word in the same

context that was used in the text. You may use a dictionary to complete this task. An example has been provided for

penury (Chapter 1)

emaciated (Chapter 4)

adduced (Chapter 8)

Explanation:

I've chosen the three words above from the novel "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley. After looking them up in a dictionary, I was able to define them as the following:

penury - oppressive lack of resources; extreme poverty.

emaciated - thin and weak due to lack of food or due to illness.

adduced - past form of adduce - to give reasons as to why you believe something to be true.

Now, let's write sentences with the same context as given in the text of the novel:

Original: [ ... ] while the number of half-clothed children gathered about it spoke of penury in its worst shape.

New sentence: The penury that desolates the country is clearly noted in children's bare feet and bloated stomachs.

Original: My cheek had grown pale with study, and my person had become emaciated with confinement.

New sentence: Her once glowing skin was now emaciated after a whole month in the hospital.

Original: [ ... ] and as her confusion had before been adduced as a proof of her guilt, she worked up her mind to an appearance of courage.

New sentence: My tears were adduced as proof of my feelings for the deceased young man, even though I denied knowing him at all.