Vocabulary: A Christmas Carol

implored

• to give; as a gift

• scattered and driven away; made to vanish

• asked or begged earnestly

• total emptiness

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RL.7.4

morose

• determined, bold

• gloomy, ill-tempered

• full of or accompanied by; laden

• knotty and twisted

destitute

• living in complete poverty

• very heavy; bulky

• full of or accompanied by; laden

• loud enough to be heard

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.RI.4.4

misanthrope

• a driving, irresistible force

• total emptiness

• a discontented, unhappy person; one who bears a grudge

• a person who hates or distrusts everyone

ponderous

• very heavy; bulky

• full of or accompanied by; laden

• scattered and driven away; made to vanish

• living in compelte pverty

covetous

• to give, as a gift

• determined, bold

• great desire for wealth and possessions

• scattered and driven away; made to vanish

bestow

• untidy, especially in personal appearance

• asked or begged earnestly

• to give, as a gift

• to feel sorrow or apologize for wrongdoings

resolute

• gloomy, ill-tempered

• full or or accompanied by; laden

• a driving, irresistible force

• determined, bold

malcontent

• disposition to do good; an act of kindness

• a discontented, unhappy person; one who bears a grudge

• growing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs

• total emptiness

penance

• determined, bold

• full or or accompanied by; laden

• knotty and twisted

• to feel sorrow or apologize for wrongdoings