A Christmas Carol Vocab
Study List – Stave 1
Page 9 " 'At the festive season of the year, Mr. Scrooge,' said the gentleman, taking up a pen, '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...' " 4. Executor (n.) - a person appointed to carry out the provisions of a will Page 1 "Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator..." 5. Liberality (n.) - generosity; broadmindedness Page 9 " 'We have no doubt his liberality is well represented by his surviving partner...' " 6. Melancholy (adj.) - sadness and depression of spirits Page 13 " Scrooge took his melancholy dinner in his usual melancholy tavern.." 7. Misanthropic (adj.) - a person who hates or distrusts all people Page 11 "The water-plug being left in solitude, its overflowings sullenly congealed, and turned to misanthropic ice." 8. Ponderous (adj.) - very heavy; unwiedly; labored and dull Page 22 " 'You have labored on it, since. It is a ponderous chain' " 9. Remorse (n.) - a torturing sense of guilt for one's actions Page 23 " 'The whole time,' said the Ghost. 'No rest, no peace. Incessant torture of remorse' " 10. Veneration (n.) - to look upon with feelings of deep respect; revere Page 6 "'... But I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come around--apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin...' " 11. Flint (n.) – a hard, darks tone sometimes used for producing a spark A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. 12.Gait (n.) – a manner of walking The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, Shriveled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice. .13. Rime (n.) – an accumulation of frost or ice particles A frosty rime was on his head, and on his eyebrows, and his wiry chin. 14. Dog-days (n.) – (n.) – a period of hot humid weather He carried his own low temperature always about with him; he iced his office in the dog-days; and didn’t thaw it one degree at Christmas. 15. Poulterer (n.) a seller of birds raised for meat and eggs such as chickens, turkeys, and geese. 16. Pageant – (n.) an elaborate, colorful display, event, or spectacle sometimes with music that may consist of a procession or parade 17. Principles (n.) the laws or facts of nature underlying the working of something, rules or code of conduct or morals Poulterers' and grocers' trades became a splendid joke: a glorious pageant, with which it was next to impossible to believe that such dull principles as bargain and sale had anything to do. (1.67) 18. Stave (n.) the system of 5 horizontal lines on which musical notes are written 19. Carol (n.) – usually, a song sung during the Christmas season 20. Humbug (n.) – a fraud, nonsense
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