vocab

• scrooge

  miserly -stingy

  pernicious -harmful effect

  misanthropic -disliking and avoiding human company

  penitent -sorrowful
• bob cratchit

  submissive -accepts orders without resistance

  stoic-no complaints

  resilient -recovers quick from difficulties
• tiny tim

  cherubic -innocent

  sympathetic -compassion for others

  emblematic-symbol for something (innocence)
• fred

  buoyant -optimistic

  convivial -lively

  magnanimous-generous and forgiving

  gregarious -sociable
• jacob marley

  spectral-ghost like

  condemed -sentenced

  didactic -intends to teach

  harbinger-a messenger
• xmas past

  ephemeral-lasts for a long time

  melancholic -sad

  serene-peaceful

  luminous-full of light
• ghost of christmas past

  genial-cheery

  bountiful-generous

  altruistic -devoted to welfare
• xmas yet too come

  ominous-something bad to happen

  imposing -grand appearance

  taciturn -uncommunicative in speech