Vocabulary

A Christmas Carol

Mysterious, reserved, guarded, cautious

SECRETIVE

#1

Something

apparently seen,

heard, or sensed,

but having no

physical reality; a

ghost or an

apparition

PHANTOM

The upper interior surface of a room

CEILING

DIMINISHED

To make smaller or less or to cause to appear so

Dimensions; size. Often used in the

plural

PROPORTIONS

Let’s see if you can complete these sentences with the correct words from your vocabulary list. HINT: This is how your test on Wednesday is set up.

The Ghost of Christmas Past was not ______________ to the people in Scrooge’s past.

VISIBLE

Bob Cratchit’s wife had to decorate her old _________________ with ribbons to cover its age.

GARMENT

Scrooge’s tombstone was _________ by the thick fog.

SHROUDED

The warmth and smells from the ________ pot on the stove filled the house with the smell of cinnamon and apples.

SEETHING

The ________ aroma of the fresh donuts could be smelled throughout the bakery.

LUSCIOUS

Throughout “A Christmas Carol” the reader can see a _________ taking place in Scrooge.

TRANSFORMATION

Tiny Tim would always see the good in everyone knowing that every day was a _________ day!

SPLENDID

The handle on the _____________ was not long enough to snuff out the candle.

EXTINGUISHER

Before the holidays everyone seems very __________ about what they are doing.

SECRETIVE

During the winter months the sun seems to ___________ away.

DWINDLE

The boys ____________ the water hose behind their back to surprise their sister with a surprise shower.

CONCEALED

The baker used a detailed, ________ pattern to complete the wedding cake.

INTRICATE

The one, _____________ french fry looked lonely so Albert ate it.

SOLITARY

At her 100th birthday, my grandmother felt like quite an ____________ guest.

ILLUSTRIOUS

Our neighbor’s dog decided to grab our ________ off the front door and use it for a bed.

WREATH

Michigan State is ___________

better than TCU.

INFINITELY