a christmas carol vocab- 2

Question 1

a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money

Answer 1

miser

Question 2

subject to death; having a transitory

Answer 2

mortal

Question 3

a punishment undergone in token of penitence for sin

Answer 3

penance

Question 4

the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor; indigence

Answer 4

poverty

Question 5

shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc.

Answer 5

refuge

Question 6

deep and painful regret for wrong doing; compunction

Answer 6

remorse

Question 7

firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion

Answer 7

resolute

Question 8

something that remains above what is used or needed; excess

Answer 8

surplus

Question 9

a place where liquors are sold to be consumed on premises

Answer 9

tavern

Question 10

to sing christmas carols from house to house

Answer 10

wassail

Question 11

spiced ale or mulled wine that is drunk during celebrations such as christmas eve and twelfth-night

Answer 11

wassail

Question 12

to drink liquor and wish health to others on festive occasions

Answer 12

wassail