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Christmas Carol Vocab
Dickens
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English
10th Grade
12/13/2014

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Humbug
Definition

noun

a hoax or fraud; nonsense; rubbish

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Supplication
Definition

noun

act of asking for humbly or earnestly

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Blithe
Definition

adjective

carefree and lighthearted

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Tumult
Definition

noun

commotion of a great crowd; riot; agitation

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Incessant
Definition

adjective

continuing without interruption

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Meagre
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adjective

deficient in quantity, fullness or strength; lean

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Livid
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adjective

discolored; ashen; extremely angry or furious

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Despondent
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adjective

disheartened or discouraged

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Sordid
Definition

adjective

filthy or dirty; morally degraded; mercenary

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Liberality
Definition

noun

generosity

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Execrable
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adjective

hateful; bad; deserving to be cursed

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Abject
Definition

adjective

low in condition or status, miserable, contemptible

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Tremulous
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adjective

marked by trembling or shaking; fearful

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Opaque
Definition

adjective

not penetrable by light; obscure; dense

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Facetious
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adjective

playfully jocular; humorous

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Petrification
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noun

process of being turned to stone or mineral

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Ruddy
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adjective

reddish or rosy; having a healthy red color

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Infernal
Definition

adjective

relating to hell; fiendish

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Inexorable
Definition

adjective

relentless; incapable of being stopped or persuaded

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Pommel
Definition

verb

to beat with the fists

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Regale
Definition

verb

to entertain; to provide food or drink

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Replenish
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verb

to fill or make complete again; fill up

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Rampant
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adjective

unchecked, unrestrained; rearing on the hind legs

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Offal
Definition

noun

waste parts (esp. of a butchered animal); rubbish

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