A Christmas Carol Vocabulary Scholastic

Consciousness, a soul, a ghost; phantom

• spirit

• social cause

• miserly

• humbuh

to call forth or up; make you think of

• preposterous

• evoke

• hobble

• miserly

inflict severe pain or suffering

• hobble

• preposterous

• humbug

• torture

Stingy; hoards money, greedy, selfish

• evoke

• squalid

• humbug

• miserly

A movement relating to society that people support

• social cause

• humbug

• nice

• miserly

Mean, rude; deceitful; tricky; impostor

• hateful

• miserly

• preposterous

• humbug

Contrary to nature, absurd; ridiculous; unbelievable

• preposterous

• miserly

• humbug

• evoke

 It was __________ to think that she could pass the class after doing nothing all year!

• preposterous

• evoke

• dilapidated

• hobble

Tiny Tim needed a crutch to help him ________ along.

• preposterous

• hobble

• humbug

• torture

I can’t believe you said that!  That is ________!

• humbug

• torture

• spirits

• evoke