Today you will need
• the vocabulary list/worksheet that you
received in class on Thursday or Friday
• your copy of the script (Act 1 & 2)
• a pen
• a blank sheet of paper. - write vocab
notes in the right top corner.
MOROSE
“What reason have you to be
morose? You're rich enough”
(Dickens 3).
TO BE
GLOOMY
GRUMPY
DEPRESSED
Vocab
NOTES
Farthing – the smallest coin at the time.
Bob Cratchit worked 60
hours a week, and earned 15
Shillings a week. In 1843
a shilling was worth 30
cents.
In today’s money, a
shilling is worth
approximately $6. This
means if Bob Cratchit were
being paid by Scrooge in
2020, he would be earning
less than $100. a week, or
approximately $1.50 an
hour.
destitute
“… it is more than usually desirable
that we should make some slight
provision for the poor and destitute,
who suffer greatly at the present
time” (Dickens 5).
Extremely poor,
completely lacking
or without, not
enough to survive
MISANTHROPE
“he is the
misanthrope. the
malcontent. the
He is SCROOGE”
(Dickens 7).
A PERSON WHO
HATES AND
DISTRUSTS ALL
MALCONTENT :
“he is the misanthrope. the malcontent. the miser.
(Dickens 7).
ONE WHO IS NEVER CONTENT OR HAPPY
MISER:
“he is the
misanthrope. the
malcontent. the
He is SCROOGE”
ONE
WHO LOVES
MONEY AND
(Dickens
7).
REFUSES TO SPEND IT.
PONDEROUS
“It was full as
heavy and long as
this, seven
Christmas Eves
ago. You have
labored on it,
since.
It is a
VERY
HEAVY,
BULKY;
SLOWchain”
AND
ponderous
CLUMSY
DUE
(Dickens
8)TO IT’S
WEIGHT.
BENEVOLENCE
“The common welfare was my business;
charity, mercy, forbearance, benevolence,
were, all, my business” (Dickens 9).
BENEVOLENCE =
KINDNESS
Vocab
notes
meager
“On his meager
earnings! What
foolishness!”
(Dickens 17).
not as much as is needed or
thought to be suitable: A
very small amount.
IMPLORE
“No beggars
implore him to
bestow a coin “
(Dickens 2).
TO PLEAD
OR BEG
A FORCE THAT
COMPELLS ACTION,
LEAVING NO CHOICE.
“Spirit, conduct me where
you will. I went forth last
night on compulsion, and
learnt a lesson which is
working now” (Dickens 16).
A
DISMAL
“… BOB CRATCHIT, who sits in
a dismal tank of a cubicle,
copying contracts” (Dickens
An adjective that describes something
3).
that CAUSES GLOOM OR MISERY
synonyms: dingy, dark, gloomy dreary, drab,
cheerless, depressing, grim, bleak.
Audible
“Spirit, please,
make me visible!
Make me
audible!”
(Dickens 21).
loud enough to be heard
FRAUGHT
“That which promised
happiness when we were one in
heart is fraught with misery
now that we are two . . “
(Dickens
13).
TO BE FULL OF, LOADED OR FILLED
WITH:
The connotation is typically
negative; fraught is usually
associated with danger, fear, anger.
LAMENTATION:
“Outside the window,
specters fly by, carrying
money-boxes and chains.
They make a confused sound
of lamentation “(Dickens
9).
A WAIL OF GREAT SORROW OR GRIEF
Synonyms: weeping, wailing, sobbing,
mourning.
C
Vocab
notes
Poulterer - a vendor who sells poultry (chicken, turkeys, geese)
B
STAGNANT
“To be stagnant in this
place is, for me,
unbearable!” (Dickens 10).
• Not running or flowing
• Standing still
• Inactive
• Sluggish or dull
PENANCE:
PAYMENT FOR A CRIME OR
SIN – what you do to make
up for your actions.
SYNONYM:
• Punishment
Other words with the same root
“pen”
Penalty
Penitentiary
Idaho State Penitentiary
RESOLUTE
“I am sorry with all my
heart, to find you so
resolute” (Dickens 4).
To be STUBBORN
OR DETERMINED
SCOUNDREL –
A THIEF, CRIMINAL,
UNTRUSTWORTHY INDIVIDUAL
SLOVENLY
MESSY
UNTIDY
DIRTY
CARELESS
SLOPPY
TOIL
Noun: difficult work or labor
Verb: to work hard.