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+Christmas Carol Vocab. practice Honors
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| stave | set of lines, chapter |
| executor | one who carries out the terms of a will |
| rime | tiny ice crystals |
| bestow | give as a gift |
| palpable | able to be touched or felt |
| humbug | misleading nonsense |
| veneration | great respect |
| portly | stout, heavyset |
| ominous | threatening |
| destitute | very poor |
| facetious | joking |
| regale | entertain |
| livid | grayish blue |
| incredulous | unable to believe |
| ponderous | heavy, bulky |
| incessant | unending |
| benevolence | kindness |
| penance | self-punishment, to repent for a sin |
| lamentation | expression of deep sorrow |
| melancholy | sad |
| receded | become more distant |
| reverently | with deep respect |
| remonstrated | protested, complained |
| jocund | cheerful, happy |
| latent | hidden and undeveloped |
| ecstasy | extreme happiness |
| condescension | looking down on someone |
| gainsay | deny |
| capacious | roomy |
| jovial | jolly; good-natured |
| scorning | treating as unworthy |
| deftly | skillfully |
| corroborated | confirmed |
| avarice | greed |
| idol | false god |
| fraught | filled |
| produgiously | enormously |
| rampant | rearing up like a horse, high-spirited |
| ubiquitous | seeming to be everywhere |
| heresy | belief that differs from the established view |
| compound | made of several ingredients |
| adamant | unyielding; stubborn |
| cant | meaningless talk |
| exulted | rejoiced |
| furze | prickly shrub |
| desolation | wasteland |
| feint | false appearance |
| execrable | detestable |
| inexpressibly | not able to be put into words |
| inaudible | unable to be heard |
| prostrate | laid low; weak and helpless |
| degradation | lowering of quality or self esteem |
| shroud | burial sheet |
| pendulous | hanging loosely |
| excrescence | abnormal outgrowth |
| trivial | unimportant |
| obscure | not well known |
| scrutinize | examine carefully |
| sepulchres | burial tombs |
| plunder | stolen goods |
| detestation | hatred |
| dominion | place of authority |
| odious | discusting |
| relenting | becoming less severe |
| creditor | person to whom money is owed |
| besought | asking with strong emotion |
| inexorable | inflexible |
| replete | well filled |
| alteration | change |
| intercedes | acts to help others |
| giddy | dizzy; silly |
| illustrious | outstanding |
| recompensed | rewarded |
| blithe | careful; cheerful |
| feign | pretend |
| endeavor | attempt to reach a goal |
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6th & 7th Grade Language Arts Teacher |
Strongsville Middle School |
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