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A Christmas Carol
Vocabulary for "A Christmas Carol"
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abundance | a large amount of something |
| Accost | to approach and speak to someone often in an angry, aggressive, or unwanted way |
| Anonymous | not named or identified |
| Atrocity | a very cruel or terrible act or action |
| Blatant | very obvious and offensive |
| Brusque | talking or behaving in a very direct, brief, and unfriendly wa |
| Burden | someone or something that is very difficult to accept, do, or deal with |
| Currency | the money that a country uses : a specific kind of money |
| Dejected | sad because of failure, loss, etc. |
| Dilemma | a situation in which you have to make a difficult choice |
| Endeavor | to seriously or continually try to do |
| Impoverished | extremely poor; lack of basic necessities |
| Incoherent | not able to talk or express yourself in a clear way that can be easily understood |
| Infuriated | angry or extremely upset |
| Plight | a very bad or difficult situation |
| Reform | the improvement of something by removing or correcting faults, problems, etc. |
| Solitude | a state or situation in which you are alone usually because you want to be |
| Stingy | not liking or wanting to give or spend money |
| Sympathetic | feeling or showing concern about someone who is in a bad situation |
| Transform | to change something completely and usually in a good way |