A Christmas Carol Voc. 3
apprehensive : fearful; expectation of evil; dread of possible harm spontaneous :acting by its own impulse or without the incitement of anything external combustion :the state of burning consolation :comfort; alleviation of misery
predicament : particular situation or state transformation : the act or operation of changing the form or external appearance petrification :the process of petrifying; 1. to convert to stone; 2. to fix; to be unable to move; as to petrify with astonishment or fright capacious :wide, large, that will hold much
artifice :a handicraft; a trade; art of making; workmanship scabbard :the sheath of a sword compulsion :the act of driving by force, physical or moral diffuse :widely spread; dispursed
jovial : merry; jolly parapets :a wall or rampart used for covering soldiers from enemy fire apoplectic : afflicted with apoplexy; (apoplexy - Sudden loss of consciousness, sensation and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.)