A Christmas Carol Vocabulary

depressing; dreary

• dismal

• neglected

• solitary

• vacant

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

done alone

• solitary

• gratitude

• wretched

• vacant

empty; not filled

• solitary

• neglected

• dismal

• vacant

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

thankfulness; appreciation

• dismal

• gratitude

• vacant

• wretched

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

very bad; miserable

• neglected

• wretched

• solitary

• dismal

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

not taken care of

• solitary

• dismal

• neglected

• wretched

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which word best completes the sentence?

At the beginning of the story, Scrooge is a mean, miserable, and ______________ person who cared only about money.

• wretched

• solitary

• neglected

• vacant

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come showed Scrooge a ____________ chair at the Cratchet house where Tiny Tim no longer sits.

• dismal

• neglected

• wretched

• vacant

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Bob Cratchet worked for Scrooge in a ____________, dreary little cell without heat.

• dismal

• gratitude

• neglected

• vacant

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4