Dr. Jekyl vocab set
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- beneficent
- doing or producing good
- impediment
- any structure that makes progress difficult
- languidly
- lacking vitality
- infamy
- evil fame or public reputation
- malign
- speak unfavorably about
- volatile
- evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures
- ruminated
- ponder, thought deeply
- turpitude
- a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
- chastisement
- verbal punishment
- accosted
- in heraldry, two figures placed side by side
- morbid
- suggesting the horror of death and decay
- elicited
- to evoke and draw forth
- enigma
- riddle
- duplicity
- deliberate deceptiveness
- sinister
- threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
- pecuniary
- relating to money.
- disconsolate
- causing dejection
- derided
- to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.
- incipient
- beginning
- pungent
- sharp biting or acrid especially in taste or smell
- inexplicable
- incapable of being explained or accounted for
- cerebral
- pertaining to the brain or intellect
- insidiously
- intended to trap, seeming harmless but very harmful
- prodigy
- an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality
- inscrutable
- of an obscure nature
- maladies
- diseases
- lamentation
- a cry of sorrow and grief
- stringent
- strict
- iniquity
- an unjust act
- austere
- of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
- labyrinth
- complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost
- malefactor
- evildoer; criminal
- aghast
- Struck with terror and amazement.
- obliterate
- remove completely from recognition or memory
- connoisseur
- A critical judge of art, especially one with thorough knowledge and sound judgment of art.
- pedantically
- overly concerned with small details
- undaunted
- resolutely courageous
- odious
- hateful