Aberration 

Great Expectations

(noun)

-- unsoundness or disorder of the mind

-- departing from normal

Acclimate

Little Princes

(verb)

-- to adapt to a new temperature, altitude, climate, envorinent, or situation

Adversary

Great Expectations

 (noun)

-- a person, group, or force that opposes an attack

-- enemy 

Ambiguous 

Short Stories

(adjective)

-- open to one or more interpertations

Apocryphal 

Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde

(adj.)

-- (story/statement) of doubtful authenticity 

Auspicious 

Great Expectations

(adj.)

-- favored by fortune 

--prosperous/fortunate

Austere

Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde

(adj) 

-- severe or in a strict manner/attitude

Avaricious

Great Expectations

(adj.)

--greedy/selfish

Begrudge

Little Princes

(v)

--to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure

-- to look upon with disapproval

Beleaguered

Short Stories

(v)

--to surround with troubles

Benevolent

Great Expectations

(adj.)

-- characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings

Capricious

Great Expecataions

(adj.)

--repulsive and predictable

--likely to change

Complacent

Of Mice and Men

(adj.)

--pleased, especially with oneself for one's merits, advantages, situation

--self-satisfied 

Concerted

Short Stories

(adj.)

--jointly arranged, planned or carried out

Conflagration

Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde

(n)

--an extensive fire that destroys a lot

Contemptous 

Great Expectations

(adj.)

--feeling or showing a lack of respect or concern

Countenance

Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde

(n)

-- a persons face/facial expression

-- features, profule, appearance, visage

Crestfallen

Of Mice and Men

(Adj.)

-- dejectedl depressed; discouraged

Deluge

Little Princes

(n)

-- an overwhelming amount of number

                       <recieved a deluge of offers>

Denizens

Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde

(n)

-- an inhabitant of a particular place

Derision

Of Mice and Men

(n)

--redicule; mockery

       <The inept performance elicited derision

          from the audience>

Dexterity

Great Expectations

(n)

-- skill or adroitness in using the hands, body, or mind

 Diabolical

Great Expectations

(adj.)

-- of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil

Diminutive

Little Princes

(adj.)

--expectionally or notably small; tiny

Disarming

Of Mice and Men

(adj.)

--removing or capable of removing hostility, suspicion, etc., by being charming

                   <someone's disarming smile>

Disconsolate

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

(adj.)

-- without comfort

-- unhappy

Disquietude

Short Stories

(n)

-- state of uneasiness of anxiety

Earnestly

Of Mice and Men

(adv.)

-- seriously intended

Fastifious

Short Stories

(adj.)

-- very attentive to accuracy

Florid

Short Stories

(adj.)

-- having red or flushed complexity

Fortnight

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

(n)

-- fourteen days; half a month

-- two weeks

Garrulous

Short Stories

(adj.)

-- excessively talkative 

Gingerly

Of Mice and Men

(adv.)

--cautiously; carefully

Gravity

Of Mice and Men

(n)

--importance; significance; seriousness

Gregarious

Little Princes

(adj.)

--marked by or indicating a liking for conpanionship

-- social 

Guileless

Great Expectations

(adj.)

-- innocent; naive 

Hapless

Little Princes

(adj.)

-- having no luck

-- unfortunate

Imperious

Of Mice and Men

(n)

-- behaving like someone who is a supreme ruler

-- arrogant

Incessant

Short Stories

(adj.)

-- continuing without pause or interruption

Incongruous

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

(adj.)

-- not in harmony with surroundings

Incredulous

Little Princes

(adj.)

-- willing to admit or accept what is offered as true

-- skeptical; not credulous (believable)

Indignation

Of Mice and Men

(n)

-- strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base

Infirmity

Short Stories

(n)

-- a physical or mental weakness

Iniquity

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

(n)

-- immotsl or grossly unfair behavoir

Innocuous

Little Princes

(adj.)

-- producing no injury

--harmless; inoffensive 

Insolent

Great Expectations

(adj.)

-- arrogant; rude; disrespectful

Irrevocable

Little Princes

(adj.)

-- not possible to revoke (take back)

-- unalterable

Lamentation

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

(n)

-- weeping; wailing; howl

Lucrative

Little Princes

(adj.)

--producing wealth

--profitable

Meager

Of Mice and Men

(adj.)

--deficient in quality of quantity

Mien

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

(n)

-- a persons look or manner (character or mood)

Mollify

Of Mice and Men

(v)

--to soothe in temper of disposition

Morose

Of Mice and Men

(adj.)

--sullen; gloomy

Multifarious

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

(adj.)

-- having many varied parts/aspects

Odious

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

(adj.)

-- extremely unpleasant

Perennial

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

(adj.)

-- lasting for a very long time

Perplexity

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

(n)

-- inability to deal with/understand something

Pilfer

Great Expectations

(v)

-- to steal

Pious

Great Expectations

(adj.)

-- deserving praise

-- worthy

Plaintively

Of Mice and Men

(adv.)

-- sorrowfully; mournfully

Precarious

Little Princes

(adj.)

-- characterized by lack of sexurity or stability that threatens with danger

-- dangerous

Pugnacious

Of Mice and Men

(adj.)

-- showing a rediness to fight

Querulous

Great Expectations

(adj.)

-- habityally complaining

-- hard to please

Recumbent

Of Mice and Men

(adj.)

-- being in a state of rest

-- laying down

Remonstrance

Great Expectations

(n)

-- an act or instance of protest

Replete

Short Stories

(adj.)

-- fill or well-supplied with something

Reprove

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

(v)

-- to repremand or censure (someone)

Repugnance

Great Expectations

(n)

-- a strong feeling of dislike

Ruminated

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

(v)

-- think deeply about something

Scrutiny

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

(n)

-- critical observatio or examination

Solace

Little Princes

(n)

-- alleviation of greif or anxiety

-- a source of relief or consolation

Solemn

Great Expectations

(adj.)

-- deeply earnest

-- serious 

Stringent

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

(adj.)

-- strict, precuse and exacting

-- binding

Transient

Short Stories

(adj.)

-- lasting only for a short period of time

Trepidation

Great Expectations

(n)

-- a state of alarm or nervousness

Troglodytic

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

(adj.)

-- having to do with cavemen

Vagrancy

Great Expectations

(n)

-- wandering from place to place

-- mental state of wandering

Venerable

Short Stories

(adj.)

-- great deal of respect based on age or wisdom

Vicariously

Great Expectations

(adj.)

-- sharing in someone else's experience through imagination

Volatile

Great Expectations

(adj.)

-- liable to change rapidly (for the worse)