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Key vocabulary in A Christmas Carol

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Define Misanthrope

a)

the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil.

b)

a person who hates or despises people

c)

a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

d)

(n.) engaging in extreme eating or drinking; greedy overindulgence

2.

Define Redemption

a)

the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil.

b)

charitable, giving

c)

(adj.) getting on well with others; agreeable, pleasant

d)

to exclude

3.

Define Allegory

a)

a person who hoards wealth and spends as little money as possible

b)

Feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others.

c)

poor, in a state of poverty; depleted

d)

a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

4.

Define gluttony

a)

warm and friendly

b)

Over exercise

c)

engaging in extreme eating or drinking; greedy overindulgence

d)

performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good

5.

Define Antithesis

a)

the direct opposite, a sharp contrast

b)

An event that occurs before the main event

c)

having or showing a confident and forceful personality

d)

short-lived

6.

Define Apparition (Take Care)

a)

Ghost

b)

Phantom

c)

Spirit

d)

spectre

7.

Define Philanthropic

a)

A person who loathes mankind

b)

charitable, giving

c)

A person who dislikes human interaction

d)

Someone who loves money and wealth

8.

Define epheremal (take care)

a)

temporary

b)

permanent

c)

short lived

d)

eternal

9.

Define ostracise

a)

To punish

b)

To welcome, to invite

c)

to be like an ostrich

d)

to exclude or isolate

10.

Define Parsimonious

a)

saintly

b)

stingy, miserly

c)

Acting or behaving like a church minister, Parson

d)

To forgive, often a royal decree

11.

Define Plaintive

a)

Plain looking in appearance

b)

to smooth something

c)

sounding sad and mournful.

d)

to plan for something

12.

Define jocund

a)

cheerful and light-hearted

b)

in a joking way

c)

banter

d)

ridiculous

13.

Which of these are synonyms for destitute

a)

impoverished

b)

homeless

c)

penniless

d)

vagrant

14.

Which of these are synonyms for wistful?

a)

adamant

b)

yearning

c)

wilful

d)

nostalgic

15.

Wistful means having or showing a feeling of longing

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Which one of the words would correctly describe Scrooge at the end of the novel?

a)

malevolent

b)

benevolent

17.

which one of these words accurately describe Scrooge at the beginning of the novel

a)

benevolent

b)

malevolent

18.

Correctly define implore

a)

used to describe (someone who has) strong opinions or feelings that are impossible to change

b)

unshakably calm and collected

c)

lacking in emotion or feeling

d)

to beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something