1. Week 3 Vocabulary: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

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

8. 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.

9. 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.

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

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