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A Christmas Carol
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| performance | each particular time the play is performed is a performance. |
| production | a series of performances, each of which may have its own, unique features |
| play | what is written on the page; script |
| stage directions | describes what the characters, costumes, and set look like. They also give instructions about special effects and how the actors should move and speak. |
| set | the artificial setting for the scene of a play or motion picture |
| playwright | writer of plays |
| wrenching | to twist suddenly and forcibly; sudden violent twist |
| specter | a ghost; phantom; apparition |
| apprentice | a person bound by legal agreement to work for another in return for instruction in a trade, art, or business |
| covetous | to deisre wrongfully; to have wrong desire |
| morose | gloomily or sullenly ill-humored |
| destitute | people living in complete poverty |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts everyone |
| void | total empitness |
| ponderous | very heavy; bulky |
| benevolence | a tendency to perform charitable acts; good will |
| stagnant | inactive or sluggish; stale or foul from standing |
| remorse | deep and painful regret for wrongdoing |
| tremendous | extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity |
| severe | harsh |
| odious | hateful; highly offensive |
| meager | of poor quality; small in amount |
| threadbare | worn; shabby |
| gnarled | knotty and twisted |
| forlorn | miserable as in condition, or appearance; lonely and sad |
| deliquesces | melt away |
| dispelled | scattered, and driven away, made to vanish |
| audible | loud enough to be heard |
| dowry | money or property brought by a bride to her husband upon marriage |
| assign | to set aside or appoint for a particular purpose |
| bedlam | a notorious madhouse in London that no longer exists, but has become the term used when referring to any place of noise and confusion |
| Camden Town | a town of London, England comprising government divisions |
| colliery | coal mine |
| counting house | an office in which business conducts operations such as accounting and correspondence |
| cravat | a necktie or a scarf worn as a necktie |
| diptheria | a contagious disease causing high fever and difficulty in breathing |
| Smoking Bishop | a Christmas punch made of red wine, oranges, and spices |
| Union Workhouse | a former public institution in Britain where the poor were fed and forced to work |
| humbug | nonsense; ill-humor |
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