Vocabulary to Victorian Sexual Morality and Dracul

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• potent Strong of power
• arouse Awake, stimulate sexuality
• flexed Bent (about muscles e.g.)
• usher in Invite, mark a starting point of
• veneer A thin layer of something, also a shown facade
• nobility The people of high rank/having titles of class.
• paradoxical Something has absurd and opposing ideas
• squalor Extreme filth/dirtiness.
• prudish Uptight and easily shocked.
• mourning A phase/time period where you grieve a dead person.
• differentiate Make clear/show that two things are different.
• fend for A support and take care of, by yourself.
• promiscuous Having many sexual partners.
• wench Young woman
• strut Walk in an upright and proud way.
• urge strongly encourage.
• fury Very angry
• gloat Feel delighted and victorious
• cunning Clever and ill-willed
• slender Attractively thin
• recollect remember
• voluptuous Thick lips

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