A Christmas Carol Vocab

a particular goal or aim; something a person hopes to do or achieve; can also mean "a strong desire for success,"

• reform

• shabby

• ambition

• injustice

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

gloomy and depressing

• dismal

• giddy

• miser

• ogre

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

"dizzy," or "playful and silly," or "filled with joy;" can also mean a combination of these feelings

• dismal

• injustice

• morose

• giddy

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

you pay close attention to it and do what they suggest.

• ogre

• heed

• ambition

• reform

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

is a person who is stingy—someone who spends as little money as possible, to the point of living in harsher conditions than they need to.

• miser

• ogre

• ambition

• morose

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

someone who is extremely serious, unhappy, and quiet

• galvanize

• injustice

• dismal

• morose

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

a frightening giant from myths and fairy tales that eats people

• ambition

• miser

• ogre

• galvanize

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

it is old and worn out

• morose

• shabby

• giddy

• heed

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

to shock or excite a person into taking action. In other words, to make people so excited or concerned about an issue that they feel they have to do something about it.

• galvanize

• reform

• injustice

• morose

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

unfair treatment; lack of justice

• reform

• galvanize

• injustice

• morose

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4