A Christmas Carol
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- articulate
- able to express himself clearly in words
- cherish
- to hold dear; treasure
- assiduously
- in a steady and hard-working way
- swarthy
- Having Darkish Skin
- elusive
- escaping from capture as by daring, cleverness, or skill
- virtuous
- morally good; honorable
- unobtrusively
- in a way that attracts little or no attention
- painstaking
- very careful
- rehabilitate
- to restore to useful life, as through therapy and education
- compulsory
- must be done; required
- feign
- to pretend
- eminent
- famous; better than most others
- emulate
- to imitate or copy
- retribution
- punishment for bad behavior
- rehabilitation
- the restoring of a person's ability to lead a useful life
- balk
- to refuse to move or act
- discreetly
- in a polite way; tactfully
- unperceived
- not seen
- impaled
- pierced with a sharp point
- suitor
- a man seeking a woman's love