| Term | Definition |
| Hetty | young peasant girl Dorian chooses to leave while she is still pure |
| rings | dorians servants can only indentify him by these |
| paris | Basil wants to exibit dorian's painting there |
| opera | dorian goes there after he learns of Sibyl's death |
| youth | the secret of this is to repeat the follies of it |
| victoria | Lord Henry's wife |
| Leaf | Dorians's housekeeper |
| Sins | Dorian believes forgiveness for these is impossible |
| Portrait | visual diary of Dorian's soul |
| Beauty | Lord Henry tells Dorian the secret of life is the search for this |
| Erskine | He claims Lord Henry is extremly dangerous |
| Lord Henry | He is the negative infulence on Dorian |
| Ugly | Lord Henry says it is better to be good than this |
| Sphinxes | Lord Henry describes women as these without secrets |
| Isaacs | He advances Sibyl's family 50 pounds |
| Soul | Dorian believes this can be bought, sold and bartered away |
| Juliet | Sibyl's theatre role |
| Clouston | He shoots the man hiding in the thicket |
| Vane | Last name of Sibly and James |
| Father | Dorian's_____was killed in a duel |
| Satyr | Basil sees this in his portrait of Dorian |