A Christmas Carol Vocab Flashcards
Adversity (noun)
A difficult or unpleasant situation
Avarice (noun)
Having an insatiable desire for wealth;greed
Blasphemy (noun)
The act of speaking against God
Celestial (noun)
Belonging or relating to heaven
Conscience (noun)
A person’s moral sense of right and wrong
Cornucopia (noun)
A symbol of food and abundance
Counting-house (noun)
An office used by the accountants in a business
Covetous (adjective)
Desire to possess something belonging to another
Cronies (noun)
Familiar friends or close acquaintances
Destitute (adjective)
Unable to provide for oneself; impoverished
Epiphany (noun)
The moment of insight that changes how someone sees the world
Executor (noun)
A person appointed to carry out the terms of a will
Injustice (noun)
Lack of fairness or justice
Legatee (noun)
A person who receives a legacy; a beneficiary
Melancholy (adjective)
Feeling sad or pensive
Misanthrope (noun)
Someone who dislikes people and is antisocial
Miser (noun)
A person who hoards wealth and doesn’t spend it
Philanthropy (noun)
The desire to promote the welfare of others
Poverty (noun)
The state of being extremely poor
Redemption (noun)
Being saved from sin, error, or evil
Spectre (noun)
A ghost or a vision
Victorian (noun)
A person who lived during the reign of Queen Victoria
