Vocabulary:
Glossary of difficult wordsaddress - speak to
anonymous - unnamed, private
cell - office without light, like a prison cell
chambers– old word for a set of rooms/flat or apartment
counting house - accounts office
dismal - sad, without hope
destitute - without money to live
clerk - office worker
gloomy dark, depressing
gruel thin poor quality porridge.
humbug - rubbish, nonsense
involuntary without meaning to
melancholy joyless, without cheer, gloomy
morose - gloomy, miserable, pessimistic
mourner friend or family of dead person
spirit/spectre ghost
surplus - more than needed
workhouse - prison-like places for the poor
anonymous - unnamed, private
cell - office without light, like a prison cell
chambers– old word for a set of rooms/flat or apartment
counting house - accounts office
dismal - sad, without hope
destitute - without money to live
clerk - office worker
gloomy dark, depressing
gruel thin poor quality porridge.
humbug - rubbish, nonsense
involuntary without meaning to
melancholy joyless, without cheer, gloomy
morose - gloomy, miserable, pessimistic
mourner friend or family of dead person
spirit/spectre ghost
surplus - more than needed
workhouse - prison-like places for the poor
Quick Check
Complete the following sentences with words from the list1. Bob Cratchit works for Scrooge as a — in a ——— ——
2. Bob’s has a —— office - it is like a prison ——-
3. The charity collectors wish to save the poor and ——— from the ————
Find three words to describe Scrooge