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List of vocabulary words from the play "A Christmas Carol".
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A term used that means to melt away.
mirror
appear
deliquesce
re-enact
2
What is the term for a common type of money used in Great Britain?
pounds
pesos
weights
dollar
3
Term used when a writer scatters hints or clues to indicate what is going to happen.
forclosure
foreshadowing
flashback
forbearance
4
A person who receives financial support and instruction in a trade in return for work.
misanthrope
apprentice
desitute
beggar
5
What do you call people living in complete poverty?
delicate
dangerous
demeanor
destitute
6
A term that describes a thin broth.
dressing
gruel
meat stew
salad
7
What does the term nonsense mean according to Ebenezer Scrooge?
hashtag
humbug
ho hum
hogwash
8
What word means gloomy, ill tempered?
destitute
morose
implore
liberality
9
What is a synonym for ghost?
species
specter
sparse
special
10
A term used to remember or honor someone.
solemnized
implore
destitute
liberality
11
A word that means to ask or beg earnestly.
question
morose
implore
solemnize
12
What is a synonym for kindliness?
rapt
discourteous
patience
benevolence
13
What are written promises to pay someone a certain sum of money called?
promissory notes
legalities
bank drafts
apprenticeship
14
What word describes a person who hates or distrusts everyone?
gruel
misanthrope
Parliament
executor
15
What is the term that means to vanish, scattered and driven away?
disorganize
dispelled
distinguish
disperse
16
What is the term for a stringed instrument like a guitar?
drum
lute
accordian
saxophone
17
The national legislative body of Great Britain.
Grand Jury
Parliament
House of Representatives
Congress
18
Legal term giving one person responsibility to carry out the wishes of another who has died.
executor
lawyer
teacher
doctor
19
A section of the story that interrupts the sequence of the plot to relate to an earlier time.
plot
irony
flashback
foreshadowing
20
A term that means giving complete attention.
liberality
destitute
unaware
rapt
21
What is the term for a small British coin?
penny
henspence
farthing
quarter
22
A synonym for generosity.
languid
luscious
literary
liberality
23
What is the term used to describe when the reader knows more than the characters?
foreshadowing
irony
flashback
theme