a christmas carol
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A Christmas Carol. Vocabulary. #1. Mysterious, reserved, guarded, cautious SECRETIVE. Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or an apparition. PHANTOM. The upper interior surface of a room CEILING. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Vocabulary
A Christmas Carol
Mysterious, reserved, guarded, cautious
SECRETIVE
#1
Something
apparently seen,
heard, or sensed,
but having no
physical reality; a
ghost or an
apparition
PHANTOM
The upper interior surface of a room
CEILING
DIMINISHED
To make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
Dimensions; size. Often used in the
plural
PROPORTIONS
Let’s see if you can complete these sentences with the correct words from your vocabulary list. HINT: This is how your test on Wednesday is set up.
The Ghost of Christmas Past was not ______________ to the people in Scrooge’s past.
VISIBLE
Bob Cratchit’s wife had to decorate her old _________________ with ribbons to cover its age.
GARMENT
Scrooge’s tombstone was _________ by the thick fog.
SHROUDED
The warmth and smells from the ________ pot on the stove filled the house with the smell of cinnamon and apples.
SEETHING
The ________ aroma of the fresh donuts could be smelled throughout the bakery.
LUSCIOUS
Throughout “A Christmas Carol” the reader can see a _________ taking place in Scrooge.
TRANSFORMATION
Tiny Tim would always see the good in everyone knowing that every day was a _________ day!
SPLENDID
The handle on the _____________ was not long enough to snuff out the candle.
EXTINGUISHER
Before the holidays everyone seems very __________ about what they are doing.
SECRETIVE
During the winter months the sun seems to ___________ away.
DWINDLE
The boys ____________ the water hose behind their back to surprise their sister with a surprise shower.
CONCEALED
The baker used a detailed, ________ pattern to complete the wedding cake.
INTRICATE
The one, _____________ french fry looked lonely so Albert ate it.
SOLITARY
At her 100th birthday, my grandmother felt like quite an ____________ guest.
ILLUSTRIOUS
Our neighbor’s dog decided to grab our ________ off the front door and use it for a bed.
WREATH
Michigan State is ___________
better than TCU.
INFINITELY