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Vocab
Christmas Carol Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Covetous | Having or showing great desire to possess something |
| Incredulous | Unwilling or unable to believe something |
| Comforter | Woolen Scarf |
| Stave | A verse or stanza of a poem/song |
| Anonymous | Not identified by name |
| Apparition | A ghost or ghost like image of a person |
| Beguiled | To engage the interest of by, help time pass pleasantly; to trick/ deceive |
| Specter | A ghost; something feared as unpleasant or dangerous |
| Melancholy | A feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause; gloomy |
| Caustic | Sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way |
| Incessant | Regarded as unpleasant, continuing without pause/interruption |
| Phenomenon | A fact to situation that is observed to exist/happen |
| Hob | Metal shelf by a fireplace |
| Bowels | The intestines |
| Inexplicable | Unable to be explained or accounted for |
| Opaque | Not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy |
| Repentance | Regret for your past conduct/misdeed |
| Porter | A very sweet dark ale brewed from roasted barley |
| Capacious | Large in capacity (amount that can be contained) |
| Jovial | Full of or showing high-spirited merriment |
| Negus | Wine and hot water with sugar and lemon juice and nutmeg |
| Compulsion | The state of being forced or caused to do by overwhelming pressure |
| Inaudible | Not heard or not capable of being heard |
| Tremulous | Caused by nervousness/shakiness. Exceedingly sensitive; easily shaken/ disordered; trembling. |
| Plaintive | Expressive of suffering/woe; melancholy |
| Rampant | Marked by menacing wildness wildness, extravagance, or absence of restraint. |
| Odious | Arousing or deserving hatred, hateful |
| Supposition | Something that is predicted/supposed; hypothesis. |
| Livid | Very angry; enraged |
| Menagerie | A place where animals are kept/trained especially for exhibition |
| Dowerless | Lacking in money/goods that a woman brings to husband in marriage |
| Trivial | Commonplace; ordinary, of little worth or importance. |
| Persevere | To go on in spite of counter-influences, opposition, or discouragement. |
| Charwomen | A cleaning woman especially in a large building. |
| Province | A department or knowledge of activity. |
| Precepts | A command/principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| Propitiation | The act of gaining/regaining the favor, goodwill, appeasing |
| Recompense | To give something to by way of supplying an equivalent |
| Feign | Pretend, hide under a false appearance |
| Array | To set up or place in order; arrange decorate in splendid/impressive attire. |
| Transports | Strong/intensely pleasurable emotion |
| Munificence | Characterized by great generosity/benefitting. |
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