Vocabulary in Frankenstein, "Author's Introduction" and "Preface"

Choose the ONE word that BEST fits in ALL blanks in the sample sentences. Write that word in the numbered space.

Words to Choose From

Nouns

 

platitude
appendage
invocation
aerie
inference

 

 

Verbs

 

incite
mortify
appertain
recur
enervate
relinquish

 

 


Others

 

odious
transient
unhallowed

The missing word belongs to what word class (nouns, verbs, others)?

Missing Word:

Lady Breck was disgusted by the toad-like man's __ attentions.
When we lifted the cover of the dish, we beheld a writhing heap of __ worms.