A Christmas Carol Vocab

Question 1

Adversity (noun)

Answer 1

A difficult or unpleasant situation

Question 2

Avarice (noun)

Answer 2

Having an insatiable desire for wealth;greed

Question 3

Blasphemy (noun)

Answer 3

The act of speaking against God

Question 4

Celestial (noun)

Answer 4

Belonging or relating to heaven

Question 5

Conscience (noun)

Answer 5

A person’s moral sense of right and wrong

Question 6

Cornucopia (noun)

Answer 6

A symbol of food and abundance

Question 7

Counting-house (noun)

Answer 7

An office used by the accountants in a business

Question 8

Covetous (adjective)

Answer 8

Desire to possess something belonging to another

Question 9

Cronies (noun)

Answer 9

Familiar friends or close acquaintances

Question 10

Destitute (adjective)

Answer 10

Unable to provide for oneself; impoverished

Question 11

Epiphany (noun)

Answer 11

The moment of insight that changes how someone sees the world

Question 12

Executor (noun)

Answer 12

A person appointed to carry out the terms of a will

Question 13

Injustice (noun)

Answer 13

Lack of fairness or justice

Question 14

Legatee (noun)

Answer 14

A person who receives a legacy; a beneficiary

Question 15

Melancholy (adjective)

Answer 15

Feeling sad or pensive

Question 16

Misanthrope (noun)

Answer 16

Someone who dislikes people and is antisocial

Question 17

Miser (noun)

Answer 17

A person who hoards wealth and doesn’t spend it

Question 18

Philanthropy (noun)

Answer 18

The desire to promote the welfare of others

Question 19

Poverty (noun)

Answer 19

The state of being extremely poor

Question 20

Redemption (noun)

Answer 20

Being saved from sin, error, or evil

Question 21

Spectre (noun)

Answer 21

A ghost or a vision

Question 22

Victorian (noun)

Answer 22

A person who lived during the reign of Queen Victoria