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A Christmas Carol Vocabulary
by Charles Dickens
50
Language - English
Undergraduate 1
09/02/2010

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Register
Definition
A record of an event or action
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Clergyman (Clergy)
Definition
A member of the clergy (the group of ordained persons in a religion)
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Ordained
Definition
to invest with ministerial functions.
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Clerk
Definition

1. Someone who files records and performs other general office tasks.

2. A lay person charged with various minor ecclesiastical duties.

 

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Ecclesiastical
Definition
pertaining to the church or the clergy
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Particular
Definition
Noteworthy
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Inclined
Definition
to have a tendency
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Regard
Definition
To look upon something with a particular feeling
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Trade
Definition
An occupation
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Wisdom
Definition
Knowledge of what is true.
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Simile
Definition
A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared (she is like a rose)
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hallowed
Definition
sacred or holy
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disturb
Definition
to interrupt the quiet or peace of
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Otherwise
Definition
differently
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partner
Definition
A person who shares with another in an endeavor.
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Executor
Definition
to person named to carry out the provisions of a will
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Administrator
Definition

1. A person who manages the day to day activities of an organization

2. A person who is given charge of an estate in the case of the owner's death

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Assign
Definition
the person to whom the property and or interests of another can be transfers
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Legatee
Definition
A person who acquires a legacy
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Friend
Definition
Someone who likes another and helps him.
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Dreadfully
Definition
Extremely
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Ascetic
Definition
A person who lives an extremely austere life esp. out of religious reasons
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Repulsion
Definition
A feeling of disgust
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tedium
Definition
A state of weariness or annoyance
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indubitable
Definition
that cannot be doubt
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Aesthetic
Definition
Pertaining to beauty and emotion, as opposed to intellect
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recapitulate
Definition
To review by a brief summary as in the conclusion of a speech
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evidence
Definition
that which tends to prove something
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Mordant
Definition
Caustic or sarcastic
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Privy
Definition
knowing of something private
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Poplar
Definition
A type of tree
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Samovar
Definition
A metal urn used boil water for tea
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Perhaps
Definition
possibly
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Dawn
Definition
The first appearance of daylight in the morning
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Dusk
Definition
The partial darkness between day and night
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excellent
Definition
possessing outstanding quality
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solemnize
Definition
to observe or commemorate with rites or ceremony
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undoubted
Definition
undisputed
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bargain
Definition
an advantageous purchase esp. one acquired at less than usual price
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mention
Definition
to refer quickly to
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point
Definition
a position
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must
Definition
bound by imperative reqirement
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must
Definition
bound by imperative reqirement
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must
Definition
bound by imperative reqirement
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point
Definition
a position
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distinctly
Definition
unmistakeably
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understand
Definition
to be thoroughly familiar with
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wonder
Definition
a feeling aroused by puzzled interest, sometimes tinged with admiration
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relate
Definition
to tell, give an account of
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convince
Definition
to move by an argument or evidence to belief or course of action
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