The Gift of the Magi Vocabulary

Question 1

predominant

Answer 1

adj) present as the strongest or main element

Question 2

inconsequential

Answer 2

adj) unimportant or insignificant

Question 3

mammoth

Answer 3

adj) huge or enormous

Question 4

instigate

Answer 4

v) to urge on or stir up; to provoke

Question 5

depreciate

Answer 5

v) to diminish in value over a period of time

Question 6

imputation

Answer 6

n) attributing (often criminal) actions to a source, cause, or person

Question 7

parsimony

Answer 7

n) the quality of being extremely careful with money

Question 8

truant

Answer 8

n) someone who avoids doing his or her duty; someone who is skipping school without permission

Question 9

vestibule

Answer 9

n) a small entryway within a building

Question 10

ransack

Answer 10

v) to search or examine vigorously and cause damage in the process

Question 11

prudence

Answer 11

n) the use of good judgment and common sense

Question 12

assertion

Answer 12

n) a confident and forceful statement of belief or fact

Question 13

coveted

Answer 13

adj) greedily desired or wished for

Question 14

chronicle

Answer 14

n) a record of events

Question 15

meretricious

Answer 15

adj)