A Christmas Carol-pre-reading vocabulary flashcards

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endeavor

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an attempt to do something, especially something new or challenging

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mourn

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to show your regret or grief at losing someone or something important to you

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emphatically

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to say something in a passionate or forceful way in order to show how strongly you feel about it

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tight-fisted

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stingy, cheap and unwilling to spend or part with money

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covet

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to greedily, desperately want something, especially something that belongs to another person

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solitary

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someone who is alone or does something alone or without anyone else

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self-contained

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sealed off from others; someone who is isolated and keeps to themselves; they do not need help or resources from the "outside"

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shriveled

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something which becomes smaller, dried up and wrinkled

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shrewd

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a clever person who judges a situation quickly and uses it to their own advantage, often in a manipulative way

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implored

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to ask someone to do something in an emotional or forceful way; to beg or plead