Module 3 Vocabulary Review

Victorian London swarmed with young ____________ who stole food to survive.

Brigands

Fred and Bob Cratchit are __________ characters in A Christmas Carol, acting with kindness toward Scrooge even when he treats them terribly.

Congenial

The annoying, persistent presence of his nephew caused Scrooge to nearly have an ______________ fit at the beginning of A Christmas Carol.

Apoplectic

"This garment hung so loosely on the figure, that its capacious breast was bare, as if disdaining to be warded or concealed by any _______________."

Artifice

"For again Scrooge saw himself. [After years of being a miser,] his face had begun to wear the signs of care and __________________."

Avarice

"Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and ________________, were, all, my business.

Benevolence

Victorian London was the opposite of ___________: buildings and people were crammed together like sardines in a can.

Capacious

"'How now!' said Scrooge, ____________ and cold as ever. 'What do you want with me?'"

Caustic

"A terrible voice in the hall cried, 'Bring down Master Scrooge's box, there!' and in the hall appeared the schoolmaster himself, who glared on Master Scrooge with a ferocious _________________, and threw him into a dreadful state of mind by shaking hands with him."

Condescension

"Scrooge resumed his labours with an improved opinion of himself, and in a more ___________ temper than was usual with him."

Facetious

"'Hallo!' growled Scrooge, in his accustomed voice, as near as he could __________ it. 'What do you mean by coming here at this time of day?'"

Feign

"Everybody had something to say about [the pudding], but nobody said or thought it was at all a small pudding for a large family. It would have been flat ___________ to do so."

Heresy

When Bob Cratchit wants a Christmas toast in __________ of Mr. Scrooge, his wife reluctantly agrees.

Homage

"The clerk in the tank involuntarily applauded. Becoming immediately sensible of the ______________, he poked the fire, and extinguished the last frail spark for ever."

Imporpriety

"'A merry Christmas, uncle! God save you!' cried a cheerful voice. It was the voice of Scrooge's nephew, who came upon him so quickly that this was the first ___________ he had of his approach."

Intimation

"Not a _________ echo in the house, not a squeak and scuffle from the mice behind the panelling, not a drip from the half-thawed waterspout in the dull yard behind..."

Latent

Because there was so much dirt and grime in certain places in Victorian London, Londoners could easily catch a/an ____________.

Malady

Scrooge's __________ lifestyle means that he lives in a huge house on his own and avoids unnecessary interaction with others

Misanthropic

"At the ______________ word 'liberality,' Scrooge frowned, and shook his head, and handed the credentials back."

Ominous

"When Scrooge awoke, it was so dark, that looking out of bed, he could scarcely distinguish the transparent window from the _________ walls of his chamber."

Opaque

"Scrooge hung his head to hear his own words quoted by the Spirit, and was overcome with ____________ and grief."

Penitence

"The ways were foul and narrow; the shops and houses wretched; the people half-naked, drunken, ___________, ugly."

Slipshod

"[Scrooge] rose: but finding that the Spirit made towards the window, clasped his robe in ______________."

Supplication

In A Christmas Carol, the three Spirits come from celestial places to help _____________ beings.

Terrestrial

"His body was _____________; so that Scrooge, observing him, and looking through his waistcoat, could see the two buttons on his coat behind."

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