WorksheetsChristmas Carol Tier 2 Vocab words
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
CHIEF
"The register of his burial was signed by... the chief mourner." (p. 1)
alone
main
consumed
enraged
Synonym for INCLINED
"I might have been inclined, myself, to regard a coffinnail as the deadliest piece..." (p. 1)
preference
grumpy
dreary
selfish
UNHALLOWED
"... and my unhallowed hands shall not disturb it...." (p. 1)
ugly
wicked
embellished
holy, blessed
PERMIT
"You will therefore permit me to repeat, emphatically, that Marley was as dead as a doornail." (p. 1)
to prefer
to forbid
let, give permission
to prohibit
SOLE
"Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign... his sole friend, and soul mourner" (p. 1-2)
friendliest
ordinary
favorite
only
Synonym for DISMAL
"... in a dismal little cell beyond... was copying letters." (p. 4)
bleak
bright
hopeful
annoyed
DREADFULLY
"And even Scrooge was not so dreadfully cut up by the sad event..." (p. 2)
noisily
softly
cheerfully
terribly
DISTINCTLY
"This must be distinctly understood or nothing wonderful can come from the story I am going to relate." (p. 2)
clearly
loudly
cheerfully
awfully
COVETOUS
"... a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner." (p. 2)
dreary, sad
jealous, greedy
compassionate
a lot, plenty, abundant
TIGHTFISTED
"Oh! But he was a tightfisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge!" (p. 2)
dreary, sad
compassionate, caring
selfish, stingy
generous, benevolent
GENEROUS
"... from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire..." (p. 2)
dreary, sad
a small amount
stingy, cheap
a lot, plenty, abundant
SHREWDLY
"... and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice." (p. 2)
anxiously
greedily
unwisely
wisely
REMARKABLE
"...there would be nothing more remarkable in his taking a stroll at night..." (p. 2)
liking, preference
blessed, holy
exceptional, unusual
ordinary, plain
SOLITARY
"...secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster" (p. 2)
joyful, cheerful
together
alone, only
ordinary, plain
EMPHATICALLY
"You will therefore permit me to repeat, emphatically, that Marley was as dead as a doornail." (p. 1)
handsomely, abundantly
quietly, softly
forcefully,
explicitly
hideously, ugly
CLUTCHING
"... a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner." (p. 2)
laughing
sharing
gripping
fleeing
GRATING
"... and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice." (p. 2)
annoying, irritating
soothing, calming
whispering
wise, intelligent
PALPABLE
"... the candles were flaring... like ruddy smears upon the palpable brown air." (p. 4)
visible, noticeable
invisible, hidden
unimportant
whispering, hinting
Synonym for BLEAK
"... it was cold, bleak, biting weather, foggy withal..." (p. 4)
depressing, dismal
mirthful, festive
optimistic
annoyed, angry
RUDDY
"... the candles were flaring... like ruddy smears upon the palpable brown air." (p. 4)
"...his face was ruddy and handsome; his eyes sparkled, and his breath smoked again." (p. 5)
sharply, astutely
invisible, hidden
rosy, flush
pale, pallid
