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A Christmas Carol
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Executor | Person appointed to carry out the terms of the will. |
| Morose | Gloomily of sullenly, ill-tempered. |
| Melancholy | Sadness, depression. |
| Ominous | portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening. |
| Empheatically | Strikingly, with emphasis. |
| Benevolence | Kindness, goodness, to do something kind for someone. |
| Avarice | Insatiable greed for riches;l inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth. |
| Sordid | Filthy, nasty, squalid. |
| Jocund | Pleasant, cheerful. |
| Capacious | Capable of holding much; spacious or roomy. |
| Conducive | Helpful to cause or bring about. |