"a christmas carol" vocab Flashcards
1
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sole
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only or lone; single
2
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implore
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to beg; to ask earnestly
3
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trifle
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a thing of little value, amount, or importance
4
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bleak
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dark, cold, barren (empty); hopeless
5
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palpable
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able to be seen or felt; so intense that it seems able to be seen or felt
6
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-able/ible
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capable of
7
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derive
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to take or receive or obtain
8
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de-
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down; away
9
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ominous
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foreshadowing, evil; foreboding
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misanthropic
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marked by, hatred or contempt for humankind
11
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mis
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bad or worry, antropos, man
12
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sullen
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dismal; gloomy, resentful, silent
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congenial
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pleasant, sociable
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co/con/com
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together, with
15
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tacit
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expressed without words; expressed through acts or through silence