A Christmas Carol Vocabulary

depressing; dreary

• dismal

• neglected

• solitary

• vacant

done alone

• solitary

• gratitude

• wretched

• vacant

empty; not filled

• solitary

• neglected

• dismal

• vacant

thankfulness; appreciation

• dismal

• gratitude

• vacant

• wretched

very bad; miserable

• neglected

• wretched

• solitary

• dismal

not taken care of

• solitary

• dismal

• neglected

• wretched

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

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

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

• dismal

• gratitude

• neglected

• vacant