The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

vocabulary

For each section of the novella:

1. Locate each of the vocabulary words in the text as well as other words for a total of fifteen per section. Record the sentence from the text with parenthetical citation, underlining the word.

2. Indicate the part of speech and record another form.

3. Write the contextually accurate definition of the word.

4. Identify at least one synonym for the word that you would like to add to your own vocabulary.

5. Compose a sentence of your own, using the word in proper context.

Section One:“Story of the Door” through

“Incident of the Letter”

• abominable

• austere

• conflagration

• demeanor

• odious

• perplexity

• sedulously

• sullenness

Section Two: “Remarkable Incident of Dr. Lanyon”

through “The Last Night”

• calamity

• dire

• disreputable

• inscrutable

• mien

• stringent

• vile

Section Three:“Dr. Lanyon’s Narrative” through

“Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case”

• enigma

• idiosyncratic

• infallibly

• ludicrous

• repugnance

• sever

• unscrupulous

• whet