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A Christmas Carol
Vocabulary Words for Pre-AP
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| gait | the way a person walks |
| rime | frost-like residue |
| benevolence | generosity; kindness |
| covetous | wrongly desirous of wealth and possessions |
| destitute | without means of food, clothing, or shelter |
| fettered | shackled; chained |
| sordid | dirty; filthy or selfish |
| latent | present but not visible, apparent, or actualized |
| obscure | dark; vague; unclear |
| odious | hateful or detestable |
| prodigiously | abnormal or monstrous |
| blithe | joyous; happy |
| bereft | to deprive and make desolate; especially by death |
| bilious | peevish; irritable or cranky |
| jocund | to make merry |
| countenance | the face or facial features |
| excrescence | abnormal growth or increase |
| frisked | to dance, leap, skip or frolic |
| petrification | to be paralyzed with astonishment or horror |
| pinioned | the joints or wings of a bird |
| plunder | to steal |
| tumult | violent or noisy commotion |
| veneration | to hold in deep respect; revere |
| beguiled | to pass time pleasantly |