WorksheetsA Christmas Carol General vocab
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Miser:
a)
To keep away from or to avoid.
b)
A person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money; a wretched or unhappy person.
c)
To get or obtain
d)
To climb a steep incline or small mountain.
2.
What does VOID mean?
The death of his sister left a VOID in Scrooge's heart.
The death of his sister left a VOID in Scrooge's heart.
a)
total emptiness
b)
worn, shabby
c)
loud enough to be heard
d)
people in complete poverty
3.
What does IMPLORED mean?
"No beggars implored him to bestow a trifle."
"No beggars implored him to bestow a trifle."
a)
Asked or begged earnestly
b)
Able to be heard
c)
Anoying
d)
Very Heavy
4.
What does MOROSE mean?
What reason have you to be morose? You're rich enough.
What reason have you to be morose? You're rich enough.
a)
people in complete poverty
b)
total emptiness
c)
gloomy, ill-tempered
d)
amazement
5.
What does PONDEROUS mean?
a)
a driving irresistible force
b)
very heavy; bulky
c)
worn, shabby
d)
scattered and driven away, made to vanish
6.
What does MISANTHROPE mean?
Scrooge is the misanthrope who avoids all people and festivities.
Scrooge is the misanthrope who avoids all people and festivities.
a)
Kindliness
b)
sked or begged earnestly
c)
Total emptiness
d)
A person who hates or distrusts everyone
7.
What does DESTITUTE mean?
We would like to make a slight provision for the poor and destitute.
We would like to make a slight provision for the poor and destitute.
a)
a driving irresistible force
b)
people in complete poverty
c)
loud enough to be heard
d)
knotty and twisted
8.
What Does Benevolence Mean?
a)
Kind
b)
kindliness
c)
Loud
d)
Disappointed
9.
begged or pleaded
a)
Implored
b)
Penance
c)
Reclamation
d)
Severe
10.
utter emptiness
a)
Treadmill
b)
Situation
c)
Void
d)
Phantom
11.
having a sullen or gloomy disposition
a)
Morose
b)
Misanthrope
c)
Jocund
d)
Poor Law and Union Workhouses
12.
What does DISPELLED mean?
"The shadows of things that would have been are now dispelled."
"The shadows of things that would have been are now dispelled."
a)
a person who hates or distrusts everyone
b)
great happiness
c)
loud noises
d)
scattered and driven away, made to vanish
13.
Antisocial; unfriendly; hateful.
a)
tremulous
b)
lunatic
c)
misanthropic
14.
Void
a)
Emptiness
b)
Heavy
c)
Benevolence
d)
Darkness
15.
very heavy; bulky
a)
Ponderous
b)
Benevolence
c)
Miser
d)
Implored
16.
kindness
a)
Benevolence
b)
Miser
c)
Implored
d)
Morose
17.
A person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to hoard his/ her wealth; someone who is stingy or obsessed with money
a)
Miser
b)
Implored
c)
Morose
d)
Destitute
18.
Shun:
a)
To keep away from
or to avoid.
b)
To get, obtain or to
bring about through effort.
c)
To ring, or cause to ring slowly.
d)
An expression of sorrow.
19.
Procure:
a)
A person living in total poverty.
b)
To
keep away from or to avoid.
c)
A funeral song or
tune, a chant of lamentation for the dead.
d)
To get, obtain or to bring about through effort.
20.
Forbearance:
a)
A creditor's giving a grace period (an extension) after the day originally fixed for payment.
b)
Carrying something heavy.
c)
A signed promise to pay a stated sum of money to a specified person at a designated date.
d)
a defect, flaw or stain; a mark that detracts from appearance, as a pimple or a scar.
21.
Toll:
a)
To ring or cause to ring slowly and recurrently as with church bells and
clocks.
b)
A sum paid to a creditor.
c)
A lamentation and wailing.
d)
A funeral song or dirge.
22.
Lamentation:
a)
A funeral song.
b)
A ringing as of a bell.
c)
Wailing and crying and expression of sorrow.
d)
A gown like outer garment.
23.
Dirge:
a)
A dark and colorless night.
b)
A wailing and crying of lament.
c)
A gown-like outer garment.
d)
A funeral song or
tune, a chant of lamentation for the dead.
24.
Promissory note:
a)
A mournful funerary song.
b)
To keep away from.
c)
A signed
promise to pay a stated sum of money to a specified person at a designated
date.
d)
To ring slowly and incessantly.
25.
Tunic:
a)
Funerary music for mourning.
b)
A gown-like outer garment, with or without sleeves, and sometimes belted; worn by the ancient Greeks and Romans.
c)
A signed promise to pay a stated sum of money to a
specified person at a designated date.
d)
Stale or foul from sitting too long.
26.
Lustrous:
a)
Sad and mournful.
b)
Cheery and upbeat.
c)
Stale or foul from standing.
d)
Having luster; shining; luminous: gleaming,
radiant, glowing, shimmering.
27.
Stagnant:
a)
Stale or foul from standing, as a pool of water, not flowing, running, or moving as water or air, etc.
b)
Sad and Mournful.
c)
Cheery and upbeat.
d)
A defect, flaw or stain; a mark that
detracts from appearance, as a pimple or a scar.
28.
Blemish:
a)
To mar the surface of, or to scratch.
b)
Having lost the
freshness of youth, as from age; shriveled, wrinkled
c)
a defect, flaw or stain; a mark that detracts from appearance, as a pimple or a scar.
d)
A person who works for another to learn a trade.
29.
Withered:
a)
Having lost the freshness of youth, as from age; shriveled, wrinkled, faded, decayed:
b)
Ran quickly to escape an enemy.
c)
Rang, as in a church bell.
Rang, as in a church bell.
Avoided, as one turns one's back on a path or road.
d)
The brushing of a horse.
30.
Apprentice:
a)
Hard or exhausting work , labor or effort.
b)
Lacking
friendliness, warmth, or generosity; not hospitable.
c)
A person who works for another in order to learn a trade
d)
having
luster;
shining; luminous: gleaming, radiant, glowing, shimmering.
31.
Toil:
a)
To ring or cause to ring slowly and recurrently as with
church bells and clocks.
b)
A
gown-like outer garment, with or without sleeves, and sometimes belted; worn by
the ancient Greeks and Romans.
c)
A
defect, flaw or stain; a mark that detracts from appearance, as a pimple or a
scar.
d)
Hard or exhausting work , labor or effort.
32.
Hostility:
a)
Lacking
friendliness, warmth, or generosity; not hospitable.
b)
A
lament; expression of sorrow. Wailing, moaning, weeping shouting, crying.
c)
To keep away from or
to avoid.
d)
Stale
or foul from standing, as a pool of water, not flowing, running, or moving as water
or air, etc.
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