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This 22-word vocabulary word search covers key terms from Stave 1 of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol for students in Grades 7–9. Hidden words include apparition, covetous, morose, and ironmongery, drawn from the opening of the novella. Use it alongside a close reading of Stave 1, as a literature-class vocabulary warm-up, or as a reading-comprehension support activity.

Subject:
Holidays & Seasonal
Topic:
Christmas
Grade Level:
7th – 9th Grades
Updated November 2019

Word List

  • APPARITION
  • BESTOW
  • CORDIALLY
  • COVETOUS
  • CREDENTIALS
  • DISMAL
  • DOGDAYS
  • EMPHATICALLY
  • FACETIOUS
  • IMPLORED
  • INCLINED
  • IRONMONGERY
  • KINDRED
  • MOROSE
  • OBSCURE
  • PALPABLE
  • PORTLY
  • RIME
  • SOLE
  • TREMULOUS
  • TRIFLE
  • UNHALLOWED

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