Dickens Vocabulary

What does 'sombre' mean? The sombre light

• dark and gloomy

• rainy and stormy

• sunny and bright

• yellow and warm

What does 'laden' mean? The donkey-carts laden with vegetables

• Carrying

• Broken

• Loaded

• Painted

What does 'tumult' mean? A tumult of discordant sounds

• A high pitched noise

• A quiet noise

• A loud noise

• Silence

What does 'discordant' mean? A tumult of discordant sounds

• Pleasant

• Low pitched

• High pitched

• Unpleasant

What does 'perpetually' mean? A thick steam perpetually rising

• Never ending

• A small amount

• Aggressively

• Thickly

What does 'squalid' mean? The unwashed, unshaven, squalid and dirty figures

• Short

• Filthy

• Mean

• Rude

What word class is sombre? The sombre light

• Verb

• Adjective

• Noun

• Adverb

What word class is perpetually? A thick steam perpetually rising

• Verb

• Adjective

• Noun

• Adverb

What does 'stoutly' mean? A stoutly-built fellow

• Tall and brave

• Small and weak

• Thick and strong

• Fat and lazy

What does 'soiled' mean? Very soiled, drab breeches

• Mud

• Made dirty

• Ground

• Clean