A Christmas Carol

contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd

example: Here in upstate Michigan, the idea of an 80-degree Christmas Day is preposterous.

• to walk in an awkward way; to limp
•  

example: After her ankle surgery, Amanda thought it best to use a wheelchair rather than hobble from class to class on crutches.

stingy; inclined toward hoarding money

example: The villagers loathed their miserly king, who refused to share even the slightest bit of his wealth during the famine.

• reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as
• from age, wear, or neglect

example: Aunt Terry refused to walk across the dilapidated wooden bridge after witnessing it shudder and shake in the wind.

filthy and gloomy, usually because of neglect or poverty

example: “I don’t know how you can live in these squalid conditions,” said Emma’s mom. “You must clean up your room this weekend. It’s becoming a matter of safety!

to elicit, produce, or draw forth

example: Our pleas failed to evoke pity from our teacher, who went ahead and assigned a mountain of homework over winter break.

• a principle, an aim, or a movement relating to society that
• people support, defend, raise money for, etc.

example: The charity event successfully raised thousands of dollars for various social causes.

of or like the novels of (Charles Dickens) especially with regard to poor social and economic conditions.

Example: Infact he wrote so much about the hardships that a new word was assed to the English language: "Dickensian". "It means "resembling the conditions described in Dickens's stories"