Week 3 Vocabulary: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ENGLISH 8

1. Pedant -- An uninspired, boring academic person. Dr. Jekyll believes that Dr. Lanyon is a pedant because they have different ideas about medicine and scientific research.

2. Condone -- To pardon or to forgive; to overlook or justify. Dr. Jekyll condones Mr. Hyde’s cruel behavior when he refuses to discuss the issue of his will with Mr. Utterson.

3. Abominable -- Loathsome; a detestable person or thing. Mr. Hyde is an abominable human being because he has trampled a child and murdered a well-known man on the street.

4. Incoherency -- The inability to think or express one’s thoughts in a clear or orderly manner. The maid was so shocked at seeing Mr. Hyde kill the man in the street that she fainted, and then tried to call the police with a desperate incoherency.

5. Blatant -- To be glaring, obvious, or showy. Despite the blatant hints from his teacher, Morris did not study his notes for the test and he failed.

6. Ferocity -- Fierceness or violence. The ferocity of the Alyssian army surpassed that of of Redd’s card soldiers.

7. Transpire -- To happen or occur; to become known; to give off. Mr. Utterson vows to make known what transpired between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

8. Accost -- To approach and to speak with someone, often in an aggressive way. The rude parent tried to accost the referees after the last touchdown was called back for holding.

9. Disposition -- Someone’s mood or temperament. Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll have two completely different dispositions; one is evil and one is good.

10. Contrive -- To devise a plan or to create a strategy. Mr. Utterson contrived to speak with Dr. Jekyll alone after the dinner party.