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Chris.Carol Stave 1
Christmas Carol Stave I Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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bedlam | n. craziness, chaos; or mental institution |
beguiled | v. filled with wonder and delight; charmed |
bestow | v. to give as a gift |
congenial | adj. friendly and pleasant |
dirge | n. funeral song |
emphatically | adv. definitely; without question and beyond doubt |
endeavor | v. trying; attempt by employing effort |
enshrouded | adj. wrapped or hidden |
facetious | adj. humorous with sarcasm |
gird | v. tie or secure; bind or fasten with a hoop |
homage | n. honor; respect |
impropriety | n. impoliteness |
incessant | adj. never ending |
liberality | n. tolerance; the trait of being generous in behavior and temperament |
obscure | v. not clearly understood or expressed; to make unclear, hide |
palpable | adj. capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt |
procure | v. acquire |
tacitly | adv. silently; implied by or inferred from actions or statements |
veneration | n. worship; a feeling of profound respect for someone or something |
waggish | adj. humorous; witty or joking |
misanthropic | adj. characterized by a hatred or mistrustful scorn of humankind; having a sneering disbelief in the selflessness of others |