A Christmas Carol Vocabulary

Without or almost without hope

• mirth

• despondent

• displace

• dogged

Facetious means cleverly amusing in tone

• True

• False

The hurricane _________ most of the town's residents because there was so much damage done to their homes.

Stubbornly unyielding

• dogged

• mirth

• solemn

• genial

Latent means presently evident or realized

• False

• True

He became quiet and __________ as the hours slowly passed after he failed his math test.

What part of speech is feign?

• adverb

• adjective

• noun

• verb

Mirth means great merriment

• False

• True

The math teacher was ______ and welcoming on the first day of school, which made the students excited to learn.

Respectful deference

• beseech

• destitute

• homage

• indignant