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A Christmas Carol ~ Vocabulary 2

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    Vocabulary from "A Christmas Carol", by Charles Dickens
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  • (Especially of a person or human figure) lying down.
    Recumbent
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  • A close-fitting short coat as part of a uniform, especially a police or military uniform.
    Tunic
  •  10
  • Occurring or done in an instant or instantly.
    Instantaneous
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  • In a way that is neatly skillful and quick in movement.
    Deftly
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  • A member of a gang that ambushes and robs people in forests and mountains.
    Brigands
  •  10
  • An attitude of patronizing superiority; disdain. (Spell)
    Condescension
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  • Confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding). (Spell)
    Corroborate
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  • Rob (a place) using violence, especially in wartime.
    Pillage
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  • Making a certain situation or outcome likely or possible.
    Conducive
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  • A stoppered glass container into which wine is decanted.
    Decanter
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  • A hope or ambition of achieving something.
    Aspiration
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  • Comfort received by a person after a loss or disappointment.
    Consolation
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  • Great delight.
    Glee
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  • After a particular thing has happened; afterward. (Spell)
    Subsequently
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  • (Of a plant) become dry and shriveled. (Of a person, limb, or the skin) become shrunken or wrinkled from age or disease.
    Withered
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  • (Of a person) be filled with intense but unexpressed anger.
    Seething
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