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Chapters 1 and 2
Sherlock Holmes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| amiable | likeable |
| anthropological | Related to the study of humans |
| asperity | severity |
| astutely | shrewdly |
| benevolence | kindness |
| convex | outwardly curved |
| dabbler | casual worker |
| dexterity | skill |
| dolichocephalic | long |
| erroneous | wrong |
| fallacies | incorrect assumptions |
| ferrule | a cane end, tip |
| fulsome | offensive |
| hypothesis | theory |
| incredulously | unbelievable |
| inferences | conclusions |
| luminous | brilliant |
| mastiff | a breed of dog |
| piqued | offended |
| reversion | a reversal |
| settee | small couch |
| supraorbital | above the eyes; forehead |
| agape | open mouthed |
| aghast | horrified |
| amiability | friendliness; warmth |
| anon | quickly; suddenly |
| cameo | carving techniques used to make jewelry |
| carouse | a wild party |
| chimerical | improbable |
| circumspect | careful |
| corroborated | verified; authenticated |
| daunted | stopped; hindered |
| dyspnoea | hard or difficult breathing |
| flagons | heavy mugs |
| gainsaid | denied |
| ghastly | hideous; frightful |
| goyal | a land hollow |
| hackles | long neck hairs |
| leagues | about 3 miles |
| nocturnal | evening |
| nouveaux riches | the newly rich |
| profane | blasphemous |
| prosaic | ordinary |
| revelers | celebrators |
| roysterers | rioters |
| scion | a descendant |
| trenchers | medieval plates |
| wantan | sensual |
| yeoman | peasant farmer |
| yew | an evergreen tree |