WorksheetsStave 1 and 2 Vocab for Christmas Carol
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 3600secs
Name
Class
Date
1.
wicked, sinful, unholy
a)
derived
b)
unhallowed
c)
inquired
2.
The wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile; and my _________ hands shall not disturb it, or the Country's done for.
a)
obscuring
b)
unhallowed
c)
homage
3.
No beggars implored him to bestow a trifle, no children asked him the time, no man or woman ever in all his life ____________ the way to such and such a place, of Scrooge.
a)
derived
b)
inquired
c)
homage
4.
to seek to learn by asking
a)
homage
b)
inquired
c)
unhallowed
5.
There are many things from which I might have __________ good by which I have not profited, I dare say. Christmas among the rest.
a)
derived
b)
inquired
c)
obscuring
6.
to come from a source or origin; originate
a)
inquired
b)
derived
c)
obscuring
7.
We have never has any quarrel to which I have been a party. But I have made the trial in _______ to Christmas, and I'll keep my Christmas humor to the last.
a)
derived
b)
homage
c)
inquired
8.
respect or reverence paid or rendered
a)
homage
b)
unhallowed
c)
inquired
9.
To see the dingy cloud come drooping down, __________ everything, one might have thought that Nature lived hard by, and was brewing on a large scale.
a)
obscuring
b)
homage
c)
inquired
10.
to conceal
a)
obscuring
b)
homage
c)
inquired
11.
It was a very low fire indeed; nothing on such a bitter night. He was _________ to sit close to it, and brood over it, before he could extract the least sensation of warmth.
a)
caustic
b)
obliged
c)
dread
12.
to place under a debt of gratitude for some benefit, favor, or service
a)
obliged
b)
dread
c)
carol
13.
without means of subsistence; lacking food, clothing, and shelter
a)
destitute
b)
caustic
c)
dread
14.
At this festive season of the year, Mr. Scrooge, it is usually desirable we should make some provision for the poor and ____________, who suffer greatly at the present time.
a)
obliged
b)
destitute
c)
carol
15.
The owner of one scant young nose, gnawed and mumbled by the hungry cold, stooped down at Scrooge's keyhole to regale him with a Christmas ___________.
a)
dread
b)
carol
c)
caustic
16.
a song, especially of joy
a)
carol
b)
caustic
c)
obliged
17.
It was with great astonishment, and with a strange, inexplicable __________, that, as he looked, he saw this bell begin to swing.
a)
destitute
b)
dread
c)
caustic
18.
to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of
a)
dread
b)
caustic
c)
obliged
19.
"How now!" said Scrooge, __________ and cold as ever. "What do you want with me? Who are you?"
a)
dread
b)
caustic
c)
obliged
20.
severely critical or sarcastic
a)
obliged
b)
caustic
c)
destitute
21.
to shake or move briskly
a)
justified
b)
agitated
c)
amends
22.
Scrooge could not feel it himself, for though the Ghost sat perfectly motionless, his hair, and skirts, and tassels were still __________ as by the hot vapor from an oven.
a)
agitated
b)
amends
c)
justified
23.
causing dismay or horror
a)
amends
b)
appalling
c)
justified
24.
The spirit raised a frightful cry, and shook his chain with such a dismal and __________ noise that Scrooge held on tight to his chair to save himself from falling in a swoon.
a)
justified
b)
appalling
c)
amends
25.
The Ghost clanked his chain so hideously in the dead silence of the night that the Ward would have been __________ in indicting it for a nuisance.
a)
penance
b)
justified
c)
amends
26.
to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right
a)
amends
b)
justified
c)
appalling
27.
to compensate, loss, or insult
a)
justified
b)
amends
c)
penance
28.
Not to know that no space of regret can make _________ for one life's opportunities misused! Yet such was I! Oh! Such was I!
a)
amends
b)
agitated
c)
agitated
29.
The is no light part of my __________. I am here tonight to warn you that you have yet a chance and hope of escaping my fate. A chance and hope of my procuring, Ebenezer.
a)
amends
b)
penance
c)
agitated
30.
punishment undergone in token of penitence for sin
a)
penance
b)
amends
c)
justified
31.
I was a strange figure - like a child, yet not so like a child as like and old man, viewed through some supernatural medium, which gave him the appearance of having __________ from the view and being diminished to a child's proportions.
a)
receded
b)
resolution
c)
apparition
32.
to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point;withdraw
a)
preposition
b)
receded
c)
apparition
33.
"You will be haunted," resumed the Ghost, "by Three Spirits." Scrooge's ________ fell almost as low as the Ghost's had done. "Is that the chance and hope you mentioned, Jacob?" he demanded in a faltering voice.
a)
apparition
b)
countenance
c)
preposterous
34.
appearance, especially the look or expression of the face
a)
countenance
b)
receded
c)
resolution
35.
The ________ walked backward from him; and at every step he took, the window raised itself a little, so that when the specter reached it, it was wide open.
a)
apparition
b)
resolution
c)
receded
36.
a supernatural appearance of a person or thing, especially a ghost; a specter or phantom; wraith
a)
apparition
b)
countenance
c)
resolution
37.
The clock was wrong. An icicle must have got into the works. Twelve! He touched the spring of his repeater, to correct this most ________________clock.
a)
apparition
b)
preposterous
c)
receded
38.
completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd;senseless; utterly foolish
a)
preposterous
b)
receded
c)
countenance
39.
He resolved to lie awake until the hour was passed; and, considering that he could no more go to sleep than go to Heaven, this was the wisest ________ in his power.
a)
apparition
b)
countenance
c)
resolution
40.
the act of determining upon an action, course of action,method, procedure, etc
a)
preposterous
b)
resolution
c)
receded
41.
of real worth, value, or effect
a)
strife
b)
substantial
c)
vestige
42.
They were now in the busy thoroughfares of a city, where shadowy passengers passed and re-passed, where shadowy carts and coaches battled for the way, and all the ___________ and tumult of a real city were. It was made plain enough by the shops.
a)
substantial
b)
despondent
c)
condescension
43.
Not a drip from the half-thawed waterspout in the dull year behind, not a sigh among the leafless boughs of one _____________ popular, not the idle swinging of an empty storehouse door, no, not a clicking in the fire, but fell upon the heart of Scrooge with softening influence and gave a freer passage to his tears.
a)
despondent
b)
substantial
c)
vestige
44.
feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement,or gloom
a)
vestige
b)
despondent
c)
strife
45.
They were now in the busy thoroughfares of a city, where shadowy passengers passed and repassed, where shadowy carts and coaches battled for the way, and all the ___________ and tumult of a real city were. It was made plain enough by the shops.
a)
strife
b)
vestige
c)
condescension
46.
a quarrel, struggle, or clash
a)
substantial
b)
strife
c)
despondent
47.
In the hall appeared the schoolhouse himself, who glared on Master Scrooge with a ferocious _________, and threw him into a dreadful state of mind by shaking hands with him.
a)
condescension
b)
vestige
c)
strife
48.
behavior that is patronizing, voluntary assumption of equality with a person regarded as inferior
a)
strife
b)
condescension
c)
despondent
49.
The city had entirely vanished. Not a ________ of it was to be seen. The darkness and the mist vanished with it, for it was a clear, cold, winter day, with snow upon the ground.
a)
vestige
b)
despondent
c)
strife
50.
a mark, trace, or visible evidence of something that is no longer present or in existence
a)
strife
b)
vestige
c)
substantial
51.
I have seen your nobler __________ fall off one by one, until the master passion, Gain, engrosses you. Have I not?
a)
aspirations
b)
toil
c)
adversary
52.
a strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition
a)
toil
b)
aspirations
c)
adversary
53.
His heart and soul were in the scene. He _______everything, remembered everything, enjoyed everything, and underwent the strangest agitation.
a)
corroborated
b)
avarice
c)
toil
54.
to make more certain; confirm
a)
adversary
b)
corroborated
c)
toil
55.
His face had not the harsh and rigid lines of later years, but it had begun to wear the signs of care and ___________.
a)
avarice
b)
toil
c)
adversary
56.
insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoardwealth.
a)
aspirations
b)
avarice
c)
toil
57.
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort
a)
corroborated
b)
toil
c)
adversary
58.
He has the power to render us happy or unhappy, to make our service light or burdensome, a pleasure or a ____________.
a)
toil
b)
adversary
c)
corroborated
59.
The Ghost was undisturbed by any effort of its __________, Scrooge observed that its light was burning high and bright, and dimly connecting that with its influence over him he seized the extinguisher cap and by a sudden action pressed it down upon his head.
a)
adversary
b)
avarice
c)
toil
60.
a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy;foe
a)
aspirations
b)
adversary
c)
corroborated
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