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WorksheetsA Christmas Carol: Stave One Vocabulary
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
bedlam
Time for kids to go to bed
Insane asylum
Curfew
Government office of someone to control unruly children
caustic
Bitter, sharp, biting
Delicious
Sour, tart
Sweet, Savory, Juicy
dismal
Happy, gleeful, cheery
Gloomy, dark, bleak, dreary
Confused, uncertain, questioning
Sad, bummed, bored
facetious
bitter, sharp, biting
gloomy, dark, bleak, dreary
hesitation
joking, humorous
kindred spirits
a strange figure appearing suddenly and thought to be a ghost
a person who receives the remainder of an estate after specific bequests have
been paid
two who are alike in spirit and/or attitude
something that seems to appear to the sight but has no physical existence; something
that exists only in the mind; an illusion
ponderous
generosity
very heavy, bulky, massive
hesitation
ill-tempered, gloomy, sullen
gruel
a thin porridge
green eggs and ham
mean or nasty
bitter, sharp, biting
incessant
never ceasing; continuing or being repeated without stopping or in a way that seems
endless
gloomy, dark, bleak, dreary
two who are alike in spirit and/or attitude
able to be touched or felt
irresolution
confusion
hesitation
stubbornness
sadness
liberality
greediness
hesitation
generosity
confusion
morose
ill-tempered, gloomy, sullen
generosity
very heavy, bulky, massive
joking, humorous
palpable
very heavy, bulky, massive
able to be touched or felt
regret, sorrow
ill-tempered, gloomy, sullen
phantom
a strange figure appearing suddenly and thought to be a ghost
a thin porridge
something that seems to appear to the sight but has no physical existence; something
that exists only in the mind; an illusion
two who are alike in spirit and/or attitude
proffer
regret, sorrow
celebrated with formal ceremony
able to be touched or felt
to offer service
remorse
ill-tempered, gloomy, sullen
a coating, like dew
regret, sorrow
celebrated with formal ceremony
residuary legatee
a person who receives the remainder of an estate after specific bequests have
been paid
a coating, like dew
a person who celebrates with a formal ceremony
a person who offers service
rime
two words that are spelled differently but sound alike
correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry
the outer shell of a mellon
a coating, like dew
solemnized
something that seems to appear to the sight but has no physical existence; something
that exists only in the mind; an illusion
never ceasing; continuing or being repeated without stopping or in a way that seems
endless
a person who receives the remainder of an estate after specific bequests have
been paid
celebrated with formal ceremony
apparition
A shadow or outline of a possible ghost
A monster of the dark
a strange figure appearing suddenly and thought to be a ghost
A very thin, almost starving person
