List 1        Frankenstein

Letters 1-4

1. Ascertain – discover

2. Fortitude – courage

3. Entreat – beg [entreaty = a request]

4. Traverse – cross, as in to cross or traverse the sea

5. Capitulate – surrender

6. Paroxysm – outburst

Chapters 1-6

7. Indefatigable – tireless

8. Interment – burial

9. Penury – poverty

10. Celestial – heavenly

11. Immutable – unchangeable

12. Panegyric – praise

13. Dogmatism – opinionatedness

14. Protract – prolong

Chapters 7-12

15. Conjecture – guess

16. Pinnacle – peak

17. Sustenance – nourishment

18. Purloin – steal

19. Venerable – respected

20. Enigmatic – puzzling [enigma = puzzle]

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