Stave 1 and 2 Vocab for Christmas Carol

Front

wicked, sinful, unholy

Back

unhallowed

Front

The wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile; and my _________ hands shall not disturb it, or the Country's done for.

Back

unhallowed

Front

No beggars implored him, no children asked the time, no one ever ____________ the way to Scrooge.

Back

inquired

Front

to seek to learn by asking

Back

inquired

Front

Many things from which I might have __________ good, I dare say. Christmas among the rest.

Back

derived

Front

To come from a source or origin; originate.

Back

derived

Front

We have never quarreled. I have tried in _______ to Christmas, and I'll keep my Christmas humor.

Back

homage

Front

Respect or reverence paid or rendered

Back

homage

Front

To see the dingy cloud come drooping down, __________ everything, one might have thought that Nature lived hard by, and was brewing on a large scale.

Back

obscuring

Front

to conceal

Back

obscuring