Stave One Vocabulary
Listed in Alphabetical order
Stave one (Pages 3-18)
Caustic (adj.) - cutting or sarcastic in speech; biting
Page 13 " 'How now!' said Scrooge, caustic and cold as ever."
Covetous (adj.) - greedy; marked by inordinate desire for wealth
Page 4 "Oh! but he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner!"
Destitute (adj.) - lacking; totally impoverished
Page 7 " 'At the festive season of the year, Mr. Scrooge,' said the gentleman, taking up a pen, 'it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the poor and destitute, who suffer greatly at the present time...' "
Executor (n.) - a person appointed to carry out the provisions of a will
Page 3 "Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator..."
Liberality (n.) - generosity; broadmindedness
Page 7 " 'We have no doubt his liberality is well represented by his surviving partner...' "
Melancholy (adj.) - sadness and depression of spirits
Page 10 " Scrooge took his melancholy dinner in his usual melancholy tavern.."
Misanthropic (adj.) - a person who hates or distrusts all people
Page 9 "The water-plug being left in solitude, its overflowings sullenly congealed, and turned to misanthropic ice."
Ponderous (adj.) - very heavy; unwiedly; labored and dull
Page 15 " 'You have labored on it, since. It is a ponderous chain' "
Remorse (n.) - a torturing sense of guilt for one's actions
Page 16 " 'The whole time,' said the Ghost. 'No rest, no peace. Incessant torture of remorse' "
Veneration (n.) - to look upon with feelings of deep respect; revere
Page 6 "'... But I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come around--apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin...' "
Page 13 " 'How now!' said Scrooge, caustic and cold as ever."
Covetous (adj.) - greedy; marked by inordinate desire for wealth
Page 4 "Oh! but he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner!"
Destitute (adj.) - lacking; totally impoverished
Page 7 " 'At the festive season of the year, Mr. Scrooge,' said the gentleman, taking up a pen, 'it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the poor and destitute, who suffer greatly at the present time...' "
Executor (n.) - a person appointed to carry out the provisions of a will
Page 3 "Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator..."
Liberality (n.) - generosity; broadmindedness
Page 7 " 'We have no doubt his liberality is well represented by his surviving partner...' "
Melancholy (adj.) - sadness and depression of spirits
Page 10 " Scrooge took his melancholy dinner in his usual melancholy tavern.."
Misanthropic (adj.) - a person who hates or distrusts all people
Page 9 "The water-plug being left in solitude, its overflowings sullenly congealed, and turned to misanthropic ice."
Ponderous (adj.) - very heavy; unwiedly; labored and dull
Page 15 " 'You have labored on it, since. It is a ponderous chain' "
Remorse (n.) - a torturing sense of guilt for one's actions
Page 16 " 'The whole time,' said the Ghost. 'No rest, no peace. Incessant torture of remorse' "
Veneration (n.) - to look upon with feelings of deep respect; revere
Page 6 "'... But I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come around--apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin...' "