AUBURN — As they studied the unabridged Charles Dickens novel, “A Christmas Carol,” Edward Little High School students noticed the 1843 language was a bit odd.

English teacher Carlene Magno, a fan of the Victorian Era and of Dickens, broke down the language as the class digested the novel, and she assigned vocabulary words.

If you’re up to it, take this “A Christmas Carol” vocabulary quiz from Magno’s worksheets and Dickens’ 1843 novel. Answers on page ….

1. Gladsome – showing joy

2. Morose – sad, gloomy

3. Covetous – extreme desire to possess

4. Spectre – ghost

5. Gruel – porridge

6. Dowerless – lacking a dowry for marriage

7. Jovial – happy

8. Milliner – someone who makes and sells hats

9. Pendulous – hanging loosely

10. Wretched – deplorable

11. Poulterer – person who sells chickens, geese, turkeys

12. Foreshadow – sign of something to come