The Classic Novel with Vocabulary Words Identified and Defined

Third Edition

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

By Robert Louis Stevenson
(1) accoutrement : Clothing or apparel.
(2) allusion : Indirect reference, an indication.
(3) amiss : Out of place.
(4) amity : State of being friends, peaceful relation.
(5) amply : To a large or great degree.
(6) apocryphal : Not genuine, of doubtful
authenticity.
(7) apothecary : One who prepares and sells
medicine.
(8) apropos : With regard to the present topic.
(9) aught : All.
(10) avidity : Greedy desire.
(11) baize : Durable fabric made of cotton or wool.
(12) balderdash : Nonsense.
(13) base : Lacking qualities of higher mind or spirit.
(14) bated : Lessened or restricted, often used to
describe one’s breath during a time of great
anticipation.
(15) besiege : Pertaining to night, active at night.
(16) besieger : Person who attacks or surrounds with
armed forces.
(17) bestial : Beastly, animal-like.
(18) blackguardly: Lowly and delinquent.
(19) blasphemy : An act of profanity, an act of
reviling something sacred.
(20) blazon : Blazoning, blazoned. To make known
openly or publicly.
(21) boisterous : Rowdy, loud, unrestrained.
(22) brandish: Brandishing, brandished. To exhibit in
an ostentatious or aggressive manner.
(23) brood : Brooding, brooded. To think about in a
gloomy or serious way.
(24) brutish : Showing little intelligence or
sensibility.
(25) buttress : Buttressing, buttressed. To reinforce
or support.
(26) calamity : Misfortune; state of despair.
(27) callous : Insensitive, thick-skinned.
(28) carbuncle : Deep-red precious stone.
(29) catholicity : Universality, comprehensive
broadness.
(30) cerebral : Relating to the brain.
(31) chastisement : Punishment, discipline, scolding.
(32) cheval-glass: Full-length mirror mounted in a
swivel frame.
(33) chirruping : A clicking sound, as made by birds.
(34) citadel : A place dominated by a particular
group.
(35) civility : A courteous behavior or politeness.
(36) civilly : Politely.
(37) comely : Physically graceful and beautiful.
(38) concourse : An act if coming together.
(39) condescension : An attitude of superiority.
(40) connive : Conniving, connived. To conspire,
scheme.
(41) contrive : Contriving, contrived. To devise,
plan, or manage; to form in an artistic manner.
(42) coquetry : Flirtation, enticement.
(43) corded : Having or showing tendons, nerves, or
muscles.
(44) countenance : Appearance, facial expression.
(45) cupola : Domelike structure on a roof used to
admit light.
(46) debility : A state of weakness or feebleness.
(47) denizen : A native, one who is very familiar
with a certain place.
(48) depose : Disclosing, disclosed. To remove from
a high position.
(49) deride : Deriding, derided. To mock, ridicule,
make fun of.
(50) despondency : Discouragement and dejection.
(51) diabolical : Characteristic of the devil.
(52) diaphanous : Allowing light to show through;
delicate.
(53) disconsolate : Hopelessly sad, forlorn.
(54) discourse : The verbal interchange of ideas.
(55) disinter : Disinterring, disinterred. To remove
from place of burial.
(56) disquietude : Anxiety, lack of peace or
tranquility.
(57) disreputable : Disgraceful, dishonorable,
lacking respectability.
(58) dissociate : Dissociating, dissociated. To
separate.
(59) distained : Discoloured and tarnished.
(60) divinity : The study of religion; a supreme
being, a god.
(61) doggedly : Stubbornly or persistently.
(62) draught : (British). A current of air in an
enclosed space.
(63) draw : Drawing, drew, drawn. To move steadily.
(64) ebullition : The act of boiling or bubbling.
(65) eddy : A circular current of water, like a
whirlpool.
(66) effulgence : Radiant splendor.
(67) elicit : Eliciting, elicited. To draw out, provoke.
(68) embattled : Prepared for battle.
(69) emulously : With hopes of surpassing others.
(70) enigma : A puzzle.
(71) exorbitant : Greater than reasonable,
extravagant.
(72) explicit : Clearly defined, specific, forthright in
expression.
(73) extraneous : Irrelevant, unrelated, unnecessary.
(74) exult : Exulting, exulted. To be extremely
joyful, to rejoice.
(75) faculty : The ability to act or do.
(76) faggot : Bundle.
(77) farrago : A confused mixture.
(78) feint : A deceptive show, a distracting
maneuver.
(79) florid : Gaudy, extremely ornate.
(80) fortify: Fortifying, fortified. To make strong, to
reinforce or secure.
(81) gallows : A structure with a suspend noose used
for hanging.
(82) gaunt : Bleak and barren.
(83) genial : Pleasant and friendly.
(84) gesticulate: Gesticulating, gesticulated. To make
expressive gestures.
(85) graduated : Marked at various levels for
measuring purposes.
(86) hansom : A covered horse-drawn carriage.
(87) harpies: An evil monster with a woman’s head
and vulture’s body; a fiercely malicious woman.
(88) holograph : Handwritten entirely by its author.
(89) impediment : Barrier, obstacle.
(90) imperial dye: The dye, often purple, used to
colour and indicate royal clothing.
(91) imperious : Arrogantly self-assured,
domineering, overbearing.
(92) incipient : Beginning to exist or appear, in an
initial stage.
(93) incredulous : Skeptical, doubtful.
(94) indignation : Anger caused by something mean
or unjust.
(95) infallibly : Without error.
(96) iniquity : Sin, evil act.
(97) inopportunity : An inappropriate or
unfavourable act.
(98) inscrutable : Impossible to understand fully.
(99) insensate : Without sense or human feeling.
(100) insidiously : Treacherously, deviously.
(101) insubstantial: Small in size or amount; weak,
lacking substance.
(102) insurgent : Rebellious, insubordinate.
(103) intercourse : Connection or dealings between
persons or groups.
(104) inveterately : Incessantly, persistently.
(105) juggernaut : An overwhelming, powerful,
crushing force.
(106) keen : Intellectually, sharp, perceptive.
(107) ken : Range of vision or understanding.
(108) lawny : Having a gauzy, linen like texture .
(109) ludicrous : Laughable, ridiculous.
(110) lurid : Glowing with unnatural redness.
(111) lurk : deforming, deformed. To hide, to lie
hidden or unsuspected.
(112) malady : Illness.
(113) malefactor : Evil-doer, culprit.
(114) malign : Evil in influence or effect.
(115) mangled : Injured with deep disfiguring
wounds.
(116) mantle : Something that covers or envelops.
(117) melancholy : Depressing.
(118) metamorphosis : A change or transformation in
appearance.
(119) mien : Characteristics expressive of attitude or
personality.
(120) minim : A vey small unit of volume, similar to
a drop.
(121) mirth : Laughter, frivolity, gaiety.
(122) misgiving : A feeling of apprehension, doubt,
sense of foreboding.
(123) morbid : Abnormally terrible and gloomy.
(124) mortify : Mortifying, mortified. To impair in
vigor or sensation.
(125) multifarious : Diverse.
(126) napery : Linen (as tablecloths and napkin for
the table).
(127) obsequiously: Overly submissively or
attentively.
(128) odious : Hateful, contemptible.
(129) oration : Lecture, formal speech.
(130) pall: Something that covers or conceals.
(131) pallor : Extreme paleness of the skin.
(132) patent : Obvious, unconcealed.
(133) pede claudo : Literally ôon limping foot,÷
meaning slowly but surely.
(134) peevishly: In a discontented and cranky
manner.
(135) penitence : Sorrow expressed for sins or
offenses, repentance.
(136) petrified : Paralyzed or stunned with fear.
(137) phial : A small glass bottle.
(138) poignant : Emotionally moving.
(139) polity : A political organization.
(140) premonitory : Foreboding, ominous.
(141) prodigy : An extraordinary event that inspires
wonder.
(142) prostration : Exhaustion, wariness.
(143) protégé : Press with requests.
(144) qualm : A sudden feeling of sickness.
(145) quarry : One that is hunted or killed.
(146) ravages : An act of destruction or devastation.
(147) recluse : A person who is shut off from the
world.
(148) reindue : Reinduing, reindued. To put on
again.
(149) relish : An appetite; deep appreciation or
enjoyment.
(150) remark : Remarking, remarked. To observe or
make note.
(151) remorse : A gnawing distress arising from a
sense of guilt.
(152) renunciation : The act of declaring that
something is disowned or no longer recognized or
accepted.
(153) repose : Reposing, reposed. To be supported
by, to place (trust) or to count on.
(154) reprove : Reproving, reproved. To criticize or
correct.
(155) repulsion : Hatred, disgust.
(156) repungnance : Strong dislike, distaste, or
antagonism.
(157) resolve : Determination, a firm decision.
(158) resuscitate : Resuscitating, resuscitated. To
revive, bring back to life.
(159) scores : A very large number.
(160) scruple : A very tiny amount.
(161) seclusion : Isolation, detachment.
(162) sedulously : With constant perseverance.
(163) singularly : Uncommonly, peculiarly.
(164) skulk : Skulking, skulked. To move in a
stealthy or cautious manner, to sneak.
(165) slatternly: Slovenly and unkempt.
(166) smite : Smiting, smited. To strike with a heavy
blow of the hand.
(167) solitude : Social isolation, time spent alone.
(168) somber : Melancholy, dismal, dark and
gloomy.
(169) sordid : Filthy, contemptible and corrupt.
(170) steadfastly : Without wavering.
(171) stealthily : Quietly and cautiously.
(172) sulleness : Gloom, dreariness.
(173) superscribe : Superscribing, superscribed. To
write on the outside of a letter or document.
(174) swart: Of a dark color.
(175) tabernacle : The human body, where the soul
resides.
(176) tempest : Rage or fury.
(177) thrall : A servant or slave.
(178) tincture : A solution of a medicinal substance.
(179) transcendental : Otherworldly.
(180) transience : The state of being temporary or
short-lived.
(181) transpires : Transpiring, transpired. To give
off, like a vapour.
(182) traverse: Traversing, traversed. To travel or
move across.
(183) trifle : A slight degree or small amount.
(184) troglodytic : Resembling a caveman.
(185) turpitude : Inherent vileness, foulness,
depravity.
(186) undaunted : Bold, valiant, not discouraged or
intimidated.
(187) undemonstrative : Restrained in expression of
feeling.
(188) unmanning : Stripped of one’s courage and
virility.
(189) unobtrusive : Low-key and humble.
(190) usurp : Usurping, usurped. To occupy instead,
to assume a position.
(191) vainglorious: Boastful, self-important.
(192) vengeance : Punishment inflicted in
retaliation.
(193) vestment : A covering resembling a garment.
(194) vicarious : Substitute, surrogate.
(195) view halloa : A phrase from fox hunting used
to catch someone’s attention.
(196) vile : Wretched, offensive, disgusting.
(197) whet : Whetting, whetted. To sharpen,
stimulate.
(198) wrack : A wind-driven mass of high, often
broken, clouds.