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A Christmas Carol - Stave Two Vocabulary
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Literature
7th Grade
11/28/2011

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melancholy
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sadness; depression
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reverently
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with deep respect
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ecstasy
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extreme happiness
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jovial
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jolly; goodnatured
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condescension
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looking down on someone in a snobbish manner
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corroborated
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confirmed; given evidence of
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scorning
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treating as unimportant or unworthy
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avarice
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greed
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idol
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false god; an object of passionate devotion
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vestige
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a trace, mark or sign that something once existed
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preposterous
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ridiculous or absurd
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latent
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hidden; undeveloped
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