A Christmas Carol- Charles Dickens-Stave 3 and 4

Mrs. Bihn (United States of America)
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  1. monstrous
    distorted and unnatural in shape or size
  2. exalted
    of high moral or intellectual value
  3. zeal
    a feeling of strong eagerness
  4. credulity
    tendency to believe readily
  5. tremulous
    quivering as from weakness or fear
  6. ubiquitous
    being present everywhere at once
  7. heresy
    a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
  8. rebuke
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
  9. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
  10. abyss
    a bottomless gulf or pit
  11. cultivate
    adapt something wild to the environment
  12. execrable
    unequivocally detestable
  13. abject
    of the most contemptible kind
  14. degradation
    a change to a lower state
  15. ignorance
    the lack of knowledge or education
  16. slander
    words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
  17. shroud
    burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
  18. trifle
    a detail that is considered insignificant
  19. pendulous
    hanging loosely or bending downward
  20. province
    the territory in an administrative district of a nation
  21. keen
    intense or sharp
  22. infamous
    known widely and usually unfavorably
Created on Mon Dec 16 15:01:23 EST 2013

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