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Jekyll and Hyde Vocab
Vocabulary Words From Dr. Jekyll and Hyde Book
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10th Grade
09/20/2013

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Countenance (5)

Definition

Noun.

 Bearing, demeanour, comportment; behaviour, conduct; sometimes spec.behaviour of two persons towards each other.

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Discourse (5)
Definition

Noun

 

Onward course; process or succession of time, events, actions, etc.;

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Austere (5)
Definition

Adjective

 

 Uniting astringency with sourness or bitterness; harsh in flavour, rough to the taste.

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Emulously (6)

Definition

Adjective

 

  In an emulous manner. Also fig.

actuated by the spirit of rivalry, desirous of rivalling

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Coquetry (6)

Definition

Noun

 

The action or behaviour of a coquette; the use of arts intended to excite the admiration or love of the opposite sex, without any intention of responding to the feelings awakened.

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Gable (6)

Definition

Noun

 

The vertical triangular piece of wall at the end of a ridged roof, from the level of the eaves to the summit.

Term

Apocryphal (8)

Definition

Adjective

 

Of doubtful authenticity; spurious, fictitious, false; fabulous, mythical.

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Pedantically (10)

Definition

Adverb

 

In a pedantic manner; with pedantry.

cademic learning, without judgement or discrimination

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Fiend (11)

Definition

Noun

 

An enemy, foe

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Holograph (11)

Definition

Adjective

 

Of a deed, letter, or document: Wholly written by the person in whose name it appears.

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Disquietude (16)
Definition

Noun

Disquieted condition or state; restlessness, disturbance, disquietness.

Term

Troglodytic (16)

Definition

Adjective

 

Inhabited or frequented by troglodytes; pertaining to or characteristic of a troglodyte.

invested with cavemen

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Ferocity (21)

Definition

Noun

 

The quality or state of being ferocious; habitual fierceness or savageness; an instance of the same.

Term
Rendered (21)
Definition

 Adjective

Molten, melted; esp. (of fat) clarified by melting.

Term

Quailed (22)

Definition

Adjective

 

 Curdled. clotted

Term

Pall (23)

Definition

Noun

 

Cloth, or a piece of cloth.

Term
Embattled (23)
Definition

Adjective

 

Drawn up in battle array, marshalled for fight.

Term
Conflagration (23)
Definition

Noun

 

The burning up of (anything) in a destructive fire; consumption by a blazing fire.

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Ruminated (27)
Definition

Adjective

 

Meditated, considered; that has been mentally digested. rare.

Term
Mien (35)
Definition

Noun

 

The look, bearing, manner, or †conduct of a person, as showing character, mood, etc.

appearance impression

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Diaphanous (38)
Definition

Adjective

 

  Permitting the free passage of light and vision; perfectly transparent; pellucid.

Term
Scud (43)
Definition

Noun

 

The action of scudding; hurried movement.

Term
Malefactor (46)
Definition

Noun

 

A person guilty of a heinous offence against the law; a felon, a criminal. Also in extended use.

Term
Accoutrement (52)
Definition

Noun

 

In pl. Items of apparel; (more generally) additional pieces of dress or equipment, trappings; (Mil.) the outfit of a soldier other than weapons and garments.

Term
Incredulous (54)
Definition

Adjective

Unbelieving; not ready to believe; sceptical. Formerly used of religious unbelief, but no longer applicable in that sense.

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Turpitude (54)
Definition

Noun

 

Base or shameful character; baseness, vileness; depravity, wickedness.

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Penitence (54)
Definition

Noun

 

he undergoing of a discipline or exercise as an outward expression of repentance and expiation of an offence, either voluntarily or as imposed by an ecclesiastical authority; a penance.

sorrow for sin or offence committed

Term
Imperious (55)
Definition

Adjective

 

Having the rank of, or belonging to or befitting, an emperor or supreme ruler;

Term
Duplicity (55)
Definition

Noun

 

he quality of being ‘double’ in action or conduct

Term
Polity (56)
Definition

Noun

 

Civilization; civil order or organization; civil society. Now rare.

Term
Multifarious (56)
Definition

Adjective

 

Having great variety or diversity; having many and various parts, aspects, types, etc

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Denizens (56)
Definition

Noun

 

A person who dwells within a country, as opposed to foreigners who dwell outside its limits. (In this, the original sense, including and mainly consisting of citizens.)

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Effulgence (57)
Definition

Noun 

 

 The quality of being effulgent, splendid radiance.

Term
Uncture (57)
Definition

Noun

 

 Ointment.

Term
Efficacy (58)
Definition

Noun

 

Power or capacity to produce effects; power to effect the object intended.

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Pecuniary (59)
Definition

Adjective

 

Consisting of money; exacted in money.

Term
Feint (62)
Definition

Noun

 

A feigned or false attack.


fake counterfeit

Term
Capacious (65)
Definition

Adjective

 

Of such size as to take in or hold; able to contain; having the capacity of or to (with infinitive).

Term
Quarry (66)
Definition

Noun

 

Parts of the carcass of a deer killed by a hunt, placed on its hide and given to the hounds as a reward.

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Obsequiously (67)
Definition

Adverb

 

With ready compliance or eagerness to serve or please; dutifully.

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