We welcome you to our "classic text" site where vocabulary has been pulled from many recommended texts. I have suggestions for your FAQ: How can you, as a teacher, student and/or life-long learner use the V.U. classic texts vocabulary lists?
(Tip 1) Individually or as a group, choose words that are unknown to you from the list. To help memorize, look up and write down the definition, part of speech and use the new word in a sentence of more than 6 words.
(Tip 2) Write a story, postcard, letter or journal entry using 15-25 words in context.
(Tip 3) Working individually or in a group, pair synonyms and/or antonyms. Determine how many words are adjectives, nouns and verbs.
Remember, vocabulary mastery comes from encountering new words in assigned reading, in studying vocabulary word lists and using words in context."

A high school recommended book The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, written by Robert Louis Stevenson, gives the student the opportunity to learn vocabulary in context. We have selected 189 words to encourage study and provide helpful clues in learning.

(Teachers: If you have a vocabulary list for this book (or for others) that you would share with us, email Jan and Carey Cook. We will post it and give you attribution, if you wish! Thanks for helping us!!!)

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde written by Robert Louis Stevenson in alphabetical order:

Letter A
austere  affirmative apothecary apocryphal a propos abominable audibly anatomical apparatus allusion amities abject anguish annotated aspiration aura aversion avidity astute amorphous abjection acquiescence

Letter B
benefactor balderdash brandishing baize besiege blasphemies bravos bestial Babylonian bade brutish beneficent

Letter C
countenance catholicity coquetry cronies conflagration cheval-glass carbuncles calamity chemist cerebral connived composite capricious callousness circumscription

Letter D
discourse demeanor divinity Damon and Pythias domestic disquietude dwarfish deformity diaphanous draughts disinterred duplicity degradation denizens duality diabolical doff depravity despondency

Letters E+F+G
eminently excursion emulously exorbitant eccentric ether enigma extraneous effulgence ebullition efficacy---florid fortnight fugitive faggots feint---gable geniality gaunt gallows gesticulated

Letters H+I
halloa harpies holograph hypocrisy hansom hypocrite---indignation inclination iniquity insensate inscrutable incipient idiosyncratic imperious incongruous immaterial(ity) idol insidiously infamy inducements inorganic insurgent

Letters J+K+L+M+N+O
Juggernaut---ken---loathing labyrinths lurid lawny lamentation ludicrous---mortify malformation melancholy maladies mottled malefactor metamorphoses morbid multifarious mantle malign---nocturnal---odious obliterate obsequiously

Letter P
pedantically protégé perplexity pede claudo pallor phial pious pungent phosphorus prodigy perennial polity penitence pavilion pecuniary propensity provocation penitence poignant prudence

Letters Q+R+S
quaint---remark recluse radically repugnance renunciation reindue---symbols sinister sordid Sawbones sullenness soberly scroll stealthily sedulously stringent surgical scruple

Letters T+V+Y
theatre timidity troglodytic transfigure trifling tincture transcendental transience tabernacle throes---usury---vengeance volatile vestment vicarious vainglorious