Here's the second set of 5 vocab words for Dracula. You may leave a comment here using the word correctly in a sentence for either extra credit or toward your 2nd blogging assignment grade.
Paroxysm = a sudden sharp attack
"I never saw a lunatic in such a paroxysm of rage before." (p. 108)
Arrears = an unpaid and overdue debt, or an unfulfilled obligation
"My own work, with its manifold arrears, took me all day to clear off..." (p. 133)
Prostrate = face downward, lying horizontally
"...keeping a wary eye on the prostrate figure all the time." (p. 149)
Subcutaneous = under the skin
"...the action made a subcutaneous injection of morphia..." (p. 157)
Obsequious = too humble, showing too much respect
"...the urbane undertaker proved that his staff were afflicted...with something of his own obsequious suavity." (p. 171)
