Key vocabulary in A Christmas Carol

Define Misanthrope

• the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil.

• a person who hates or despises people

• a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

• (n.) engaging in extreme eating or drinking; greedy overindulgence

Define Redemption

• the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil.

• charitable, giving

• (adj.) getting on well with others; agreeable, pleasant

• to exclude

Define Allegory

• a person who hoards wealth and spends as little money as possible

• Feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others.

• poor, in a state of poverty; depleted

• a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

Define gluttony

• warm and friendly

• Over exercise

• engaging in extreme eating or drinking; greedy overindulgence

• performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good

Define Antithesis

• the direct opposite, a sharp contrast

• An event that occurs before the main event

• having or showing a confident and forceful personality

• short-lived

Define Apparition (Take Care)

• Ghost

• Phantom

• Spirit

• spectre

Define Philanthropic

• A person who loathes mankind

• charitable, giving

• A person who dislikes human interaction

• Someone who loves money and wealth

Define epheremal (take care)

• temporary

• permanent

• short lived

• eternal

Define ostracise

• To punish

• To welcome, to invite

• to be like an ostrich

• to exclude or isolate

Define Parsimonious

• saintly

• stingy, miserly

• Acting or behaving like a church minister, Parson

• To forgive, often a royal decree