English 8 1 Pallor Extreme paleness of the skin often due to fear or sickness Days without sleep and proper food left Dr Jekyll with a sickly pallor upon his face and a weakness in his heart ID: 527619
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DJMH Week 8 Vocabulary
English 8Slide2
1. Pallor --
Extreme paleness of the skin, often due to fear or sickness.
Days without sleep and proper food left Dr. Jekyll with a sickly
pallor
upon his face and a weakness in his heart. Slide3
2. Peril --
To be in danger.
Mr.
U
tterson
began to suspect that Dr. Jekyll must be in
peril
due to his secretive dealings with Mr.
H
yde. Slide4
3. Lurk --
To hide; to lie hidden or unsuspected.
Mr. Hyde spent his nights
lurking
th
rough the allies and dark pathways of London. Slide5
4. Malefactor --
An evil doer; the culprit.
Mr. Hyde was the
malefactor
who trampled a child in the street and beat an elderly man to death. Slide6
5. Bated --
Lessened or restrained; often used to describe one’s breath during a time of great anticipation.
The audience watched with
bated
breath as the man walked the tightrope without a net.Slide7
6. Besieger --
A person or a group of people who attack and surround someone or something with armed forces.
The Southern soldiers were completely surrounded by
besiegers
from the North. Slide8
7. Appall --
To be overcome with shock or dismay.
Dr. Jekyll was sometimes
appalled
by the things Mr.
H
yde did when he was set free. Slide9
8. Pious --
Devoutly religious; God-fearing.
Dr. Jekyll felt badly for the things that Hyde did and, for two months at least, he went about trying to be a
pious
man who made up for those evil deeds. Slide10
9. Preface --
A
n
introduction to a
book or speech,
typically stating its subject, scope, or aims.
It depends on the edition that you have,
b
ut the
preface
to
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
was written by the author himself in this version. Slide11
10. Blasphemy --
T
he
act or offense of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane
talk.
Mr. Hyde sought to hurt Dr. Jekyll by writing
blasphemies
in a pious book that Jekyll
enjoyed reading.