Study Sheet- Vocabulary Words to Study from A Christmas
Carol
Quiz on: _______________________
1.) implored: (v.) asked or begged
2.) misanthrope: (n.) a person who hates or distrusts
everyone
3.) destitute: (adj.) extremely poor
4.) resolute: (adj.) determined
5.) portly: (adj.) chubby; fat
6.) void: (n.) total emptiness
7.) benevolence: (n.) kindness; generosity
8.) specter: (n.) a ghost
9.) penance: (n.) self-punishment
10.) miser: (n.) a person who spends as little money as
possible
11.) astonish: (v.) amaze
12.) compulsion: (n.) a driving, irresistible force
13.) meager: (adj.) of poor quality; small in amount
14.) quarrel: (n.) an argument or disagreement
15.) vacant: (adj.) empty or unoccupied
16.) audible: (adj.) loud enough to be heard
17.) gnarled: (adj.) knotty and twisted
18.) obscene: (adj.) repulsive, offensive, or
disgusting
19.) forlorn: (adj.) pitifully sad or lonely
20.) endeavor: (v.) try hard to do or achieve something