A Christmas Carol - Vocab - Staves 4-5

Front

Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity

Back

Giddy

Front

Request earnestly

Back

Beseech

Front

Resembling a phantom

Back

Spectral

Front

Steal goods; take as spoils

Back

Plunder

Front

Give in to influence or pressure

Back

Relent

Front

Something done or paid in expiation of wrong

Back

Amends

Front

Full of or showing high-spirited merriment

Back

Jovial

Front

Only a very short time before

Back

Scarcely

Front

Attempt by employing effort

Back

Strive

Front

Disposition to be kind and forgiving

Back

Mercy