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Stave 1 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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veneration | I have always thought of Christmas-time, when it has come round - apart from the_____ due to its sacred name and origin... |
flint | Hard and sharp as _______ , from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire, secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. |
legatee | Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sold assign, his sole residuary ______ , his sold friend, and sole mourner. |
fettered | Again the specter raised a cry, and shook his chain and wrung his shadowy hands. "You are _________ ," said Scrooge trembling. "Tell me why?" |
cordially | He stopped at the outer door to bestow the greetings of the season on the clerk, who, cold as he was, was warmer than Scrooge, for he returned them _______ . |
surplus | "If they would rather die," said Scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the _______ population. Besides - excuse me - I don't know that." |
ruddy | He had so heated himself with rapid walking in the fog and frost, this nephew of Scrooge's, that he was all in a glow; his face was_____ and handsome; his eyes sparkled, and his breath smoking. |
dismal | The door of Scrooge's counting-house was open, that he might keep his eye upon his clear, who, in a______ little cell beyond, a sort of tank, was copying letters. |
procuring | "I am here to-night to warn you, that you have yet a chance and hope of escaping my fate. A chance and hope of my _____ , Ebenezer." |
penance | "That is no light part of my ______ ," pursued the Ghost. |
veneration | a feeling of awe, respect, etc. |
flint | a piece of hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous. |
legatee | a person to whom a legacy is bequeathed after death; heir. |
fetter | confined or restrained by chains or shackles |
cordial | courteous and gracious |
surplus | being in excess of what is required. |
ruddy | of or having a fresh, healthy red color |
dismal | causing gloom or dejection |
procure | to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means |
penance | a punishment of one's sins. |