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Unit 5
Christmas Carol, Monsters
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| implored | begged |
| morose | gloomy |
| destitute | used as people in poverty |
| void | emptiness |
| convey | made known |
| benevolence | kindliness |
| atonish | amazing |
| compulsion | driving force |
| meager | poor quality |
| humbug | nonsense |
| farthing | small british coin |
| audible | loud enough to be heard |
| snuffs | extinguish |
| suitors | men who ask to marry a women |
| flustered | nervous |
| sluggish | lacking energy |
| persistently | firmly |
| defiant | resisting |
| metamorphosis | change in form |
| scapegoat | person blamed for crimes of others |