Vocabulary
Anaemic: suffering from anemia (a condition marked by a deficiency of red blood cells)
Aquiline: like an eagle
Boyar: a member of the old aristocracy in Russia, next in rank to a prince
Caleche: a light low-wheeled carriage with a removable folding hood
cells or of hemoglobin in the blood, resulting in pallor and weariness
Chloral: a colorless, viscous liquid made by chlorinating acetaldehyde
Coquetry: flirtatious behavior or a flirtatious manner
Coquettishly: in a flirtatious manner
Defibrinate: remove fibrin from blood
Gaiety: the state or quality of being lighthearted or cheerful
Hetman: commander in chief; a Polish or Cossack military commander
Honfoglalas: Hungarian conquest or land taking (refers to series of historical events ending with the settlement of the Hungarian people in Central Europe during the 9th and 10th centuries)
Lackluster: lacking in vitality, force, or conviction; uninspired or uninspiring
Lolling: sitting, lying or standing in a lazy or relaxed way
Militate: to be a powerful or conclusive factor in prevention
Morpheus: the Roman god of sleep and dreams
Opiate: relating to, resembling, or containing opium (a drug with morphine-like effects)
Paraphernalia: miscellaneous articles, esp. the equipment needed for a particular activity
Pedantry: excessive concern with minor details and rules
Stertorous: heavy (in context heavy breathing)
Ribald: referring to sexual matters in an amusingly rude of irreverent way
Zoomphagous: life eating; feeding on other animals; of another animal (refering to Renfield)
Seeing as this novel has a multitude of scientific terms and even terms from the older times, looking up the vocabulary was helpful. Words such as "zoomphagous" and "honfoglalas" and "hetman" would never have made sense had we not looked them up while reading. They advanced our knowledge of what was happening in the story, especially "stretorous" in relation to vampirism.
Aquiline: like an eagle
Boyar: a member of the old aristocracy in Russia, next in rank to a prince
Caleche: a light low-wheeled carriage with a removable folding hood
cells or of hemoglobin in the blood, resulting in pallor and weariness
Chloral: a colorless, viscous liquid made by chlorinating acetaldehyde
Coquetry: flirtatious behavior or a flirtatious manner
Coquettishly: in a flirtatious manner
Defibrinate: remove fibrin from blood
Gaiety: the state or quality of being lighthearted or cheerful
Hetman: commander in chief; a Polish or Cossack military commander
Honfoglalas: Hungarian conquest or land taking (refers to series of historical events ending with the settlement of the Hungarian people in Central Europe during the 9th and 10th centuries)
Lackluster: lacking in vitality, force, or conviction; uninspired or uninspiring
Lolling: sitting, lying or standing in a lazy or relaxed way
Militate: to be a powerful or conclusive factor in prevention
Morpheus: the Roman god of sleep and dreams
Opiate: relating to, resembling, or containing opium (a drug with morphine-like effects)
Paraphernalia: miscellaneous articles, esp. the equipment needed for a particular activity
Pedantry: excessive concern with minor details and rules
Stertorous: heavy (in context heavy breathing)
Ribald: referring to sexual matters in an amusingly rude of irreverent way
Zoomphagous: life eating; feeding on other animals; of another animal (refering to Renfield)
Seeing as this novel has a multitude of scientific terms and even terms from the older times, looking up the vocabulary was helpful. Words such as "zoomphagous" and "honfoglalas" and "hetman" would never have made sense had we not looked them up while reading. They advanced our knowledge of what was happening in the story, especially "stretorous" in relation to vampirism.