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Chris.Carol Stave 1
Christmas Carol Stave I Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bedlam | n. craziness, chaos; or mental institution |
| beguiled | v. filled with wonder and delight; charmed |
| bestow | v. to give as a gift |
| congenial | adj. friendly and pleasant |
| dirge | n. funeral song |
| emphatically | adv. definitely; without question and beyond doubt |
| endeavor | v. trying; attempt by employing effort |
| enshrouded | adj. wrapped or hidden |
| facetious | adj. humorous with sarcasm |
| gird | v. tie or secure; bind or fasten with a hoop |
| homage | n. honor; respect |
| impropriety | n. impoliteness |
| incessant | adj. never ending |
| liberality | n. tolerance; the trait of being generous in behavior and temperament |
| obscure | v. not clearly understood or expressed; to make unclear, hide |
| palpable | adj. capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt |
| procure | v. acquire |
| tacitly | adv. silently; implied by or inferred from actions or statements |
| veneration | n. worship; a feeling of profound respect for someone or something |
| waggish | adj. humorous; witty or joking |
| misanthropic | adj. characterized by a hatred or mistrustful scorn of humankind; having a sneering disbelief in the selflessness of others |