A Christmas CarolChapters 2 and 3
Word w/sent. from text. / Definition / Synonyms / Picture/Sketch____levitated______
Pg. _42______
Marley floated out the window and levitated in the air outside Scrooge’s house.______
______/ to rise or make (something) rise into the air in what appears to be a magical way
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___ponderous______
Pg. _38______
It was as heavy and long as this seven Christmas Eves ago. Yours is a ponderous chain.______
______/ of very great weight / heavy
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___wafted______
Pg. _36______
The spirit wafted in the air, floating back and forth ever so slightly.______/ to move lightly through the air / drift
glide
float
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_____cowered_____
Pg. _40______
Scrooge cowered in fear as Marley retied the bandage around his head. / to shrink away or crouch because you are afraid / cringe
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____specter______
Pg. _33/34______
Although he could see through the terrifying specter floating right in front of him, Scrooge was certain it was Marley. (33) He could see right through the specter’s body to the buttons on the back of his coat.(34)______/ a ghost or spirit of a dead person / apparition
ghost
spirit
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___benevolence______
Pg. _40______
Charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence were all my business. / disposition to do good / kindness
generosity
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___ procuring ______
Pg. _40______
I am here to warn you, that you yet have a chance of escaping my fate…… A chance of my procuring, Ebenezer. / to gain possession of something with effort / acquire
attain
garner
obtain
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fettered______
Pg. _37______
“You are fettered in chains,” Scrooge said.______/ to put chains around someone's feet to prevent motion / shackled
bound
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__apparition____
Pg. _34/36______
The apparition floated a little closer, and Scrooge tried not to tremble.(34) “Dreadful apparition, why do you trouble me?”(36)______/ a ghost or spirit of a dead person / specter
spirit
ghost
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____solitary______
Pg. _50______
“A solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left here,” said the ghost.______
______/ being or living without anyone or anything else / sole
lone
singular
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_____porter______
Pg. _64______
Just then, a porter walked in behind him, his arms piled high with Christmas toys and gifts.__ / a person who is employed to carry baggage
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__summoned______
Pg. _47______
After a long moment, he summoned enough courage to peek over the edge of the mattress, and there he saw another ghostly apparition.____ / to call forth / muster
rouse
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_____void______
Pg. _67______
He pushed all the way down on the cap, and everything darkened until Scrooge was in a place that did not even seem a part of this Earth. It was a black void.______/ a large and empty space
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____consciousness______
Pg. _49______
These are but shadows of the things that have been…….They have no consciousness of us. / having the knowledge of an external object, state, or fact. / awareness
cognizance
knowledge
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__condemn______
Pg. __61______
May I ask why you condemn with such severity the honest pursuit of substance? / to say in a strong and definite way that someone or something is bad or wrong
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____thoroughfare_____
Pg. __54______
They flew over a busy thoroughfare crowded with carts, coaches and pedestrians. / a main road
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