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the strange case of dr. jekyll and hyde vocab

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

countenance

a)

severe or strict in manner attitude or appearance

b)

a person’s face or facial expression

c)

exceeding the customary or appropriate limits in intensity, quality, amount or size; inreasonably high

d)

think deeply about

2.

austere

a)

trivial nonsense

b)

secretly allow or conspire to do something considered immoral, illegal, or harmful

c)

severe or strict in manner attitude or appearance

d)

a feeling of repulsion; disgusted loathing

3.

Juggernaut

a)

secretly allow or conspire to do something considered immoral, illegal, or harmful

b)

a disease, ailment or illness

c)

the state or quality of being lighthearted or cheerful; merrymaking or festivity

d)

a massive overwhelming force that seems to crush everything in its way.

4.

balderdash

a)

surround(a place) with armed forces to force its surrender

b)

a thing of little value or important; small amount of something

c)

insensitive or emotionally hardened

d)

trivial nonsense

5.

troglodytic

a)

a cave dweller; anyone who lives in a primitive, low or degenerate manner

b)

dirty and untidy(typically used of a woman of her appearance)

c)

a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.

d)

an event that causes great harm and misery, or a general state of distress or misery

6.

fortnight

a)

a thing of little value or importance; small amount of something

b)

severe or strict in manner attitude or appearance

c)

a period of fourteen consecutive days; two weeks

d)

obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree

7.

conflagration

a)

a very intense fire that destroys a great deal of land or property

b)

to take the body out again—usually to find out how they died, to make sure its really who we think it is, or move the body to a new burial site

c)

having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change

d)

a person’s face or facial expression

8.

slatternly

a)

a bright red gem, in particular a garnet cut en cabochon

b)

something or someone so morally wrong or offensive as to be throughly disgusting

c)

a dirty and untidy(typically used of a woman or her appearance

d)

in an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop

9.

ruminate

a)

think deeply about something

b)

trivial nonsense

c)

a period of fourteen consecutive days; two weeks

d)

a massive overwhelming force that seems to crush everything in its way

10.

carbuncle

a)

a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.

b)

an even that causes great harm and misery, or a general state of distress or misery

c)

insensitive or emotionally hardened

d)

a bright red gem, in particular a garnet cut en cabochon

11.

repose

a)

feeling of repulsion; disgusted loathing

b)

a state of rest, sleep, or tranquility

c)

a cave dweller; anyone who lives in a primitive, low or degenerate manner

d)

not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something; inconsistent or compatible with something else

12.

callous

a)

the state or quality of being lighthearted or cheerful; merrymaking or festivity

b)

insensitive or emotionally hardened

c)

exceeding the customary or appropriate limits in intensity, quality, amount or size; unreasonably high

d)

an individualizing or characteristic or quality; unique or peculiar

13.

vile

a)

to take the body out again; usually to find out how they died, to make sure it’s really who we think it is, or move the body to a new burial site

b)

something or someone so morally wrong or offensive as to be thoroughly disgusting

c)

a disease, ailment or illness

d)

a thing of little value or importance; small amount of something

14.

melancholy

a)

the state or quality of lighthearted or cheerful; merrymaking or festivity

b)

a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause

c)

obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree

d)

dirty or untidy (typically used of a woman or her appearance)

15.

calamity

a)

an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop

b)

an individualizing characteristics or quality; unique or peculiar

c)

weak or faint from illness or fatigue

d)

an event that causes great harm and misery, or a general state of distress or misery

16.

exorbitant

a)

trivial nonsense

b)

a very intense fire that destroys a great deal of land or property

c)

exceeding the customary or appropriate limits in intensity, quality, amount or size; unreasonably high

d)

severe or strict in manner attitude or appearance

17.

maladies

a)

not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something; inconsistent or incompatible with something else

b)

a disease, ailment or illness

c)

a person’s face or facial expression

d)

having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change

18.

disinter

a)

to take the body out again; usually to find out how they died, to make sure it’s really who we think it is, or move the body to a new burial site

b)

a bright red gem, in particular a garnet cut en cabochon

c)

think deeply about something

d)

a massive overwhelming force that seems to crush everything in its way

19.

besiege

a)

insensitive or emotionally hardened]

b)

a thing of little value or importance; small amount of something

c)

surround (a place) with armed forces to force its surrender

d)

secretly allow or conspire to do something considered immoral, illegal, or harmful

20.

trifle

a)

think deeply about something

b)

in an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop

c)

a thing of little value or importance; small amount of something

d)

a feeling or repulsion; disgusted loathing

21.

incipient

a)

a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause

b)

the stage or quality of being lighthearted or cheerful; merrymaking or festivity

c)

a period of fourteen consecutive days; two weeks

d)

in an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop

22.

idiosyncratic

a)

something or someone so morally wrong or offensive as to be thoroughly disgusting

b)

an individualizing characteristic or quality; unique or peculiar

c)

obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degre

d)

brightness taken to the extreme; you may be dazzled by it, stunned by it, overcome by it

23.

gaiety

a)

a disease, ailment or illness

b)

having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established

c)

the state or quality of being lighthearted or cheerful; merrymaking or festivity

d)

obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree

24.

inveterately

a)

insensitive and emotionally hardened

b)

the state or quality of being lighthearted or cheerful; merrymaking or festivity

c)

not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something; inconsistent or incompatible with nonsense

d)

having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change

25.

effulgence

a)

a feeling of repulsion; disgusted loathing

b)

brightness taken to the extreme; you may be dazzled by it, stunned by it, or overcome by it

c)

a state of rest, sleep or tranquility

d)

a period of fourteen consecutive; two weeks

26.

incongruous

a)

trivial nonsense

b)

a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no cause

c)

not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something; inconsistent or incompatible with something else

d)

a massive overwhelming force that seems to crush everything in its way

27.

connived

a)

secretly allow or conspire to do something considered immoral, illegal, or harmful

b)

a cave dweller; anyone who lives in a primitive, low or degenerate manner

c)

dirty and untidy (typically used of a woman or her appearance)

d)

exceeding the customary or appropriate limits in intensity, quality, amount or size; unreasonably high

28.

obsequiously

a)

severe or strict in manner attitude or appearance

b)

a very intense fire that destroys a great deal of land or property

c)

obedient or attentive to an excessive degree

d)

surround (a place) with armed forces to capture or force its surrender

29.

abhorrence

a)

a person’s face or facial expression

b)

an individualizing characteristic or quality; unique or peculiar

c)

(of a person, manner, or gesture) displaying or having a disinclination for physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed

d)

a feeling of repulsion; disgusted loathing

30.

languid

a)

(of a person, manner, or gesture) displaying or having disinclination for physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed

b)

in an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop

c)

a cave dweller; anyone who lives in a primitive, low or degenerate manner

d)

weak or faint from illness or fatigue