Monkey's Paw Vocabulary

Front

interposed

Back

interrupted

Front

avaricious

Back

greedy

Front

rubicund of visage

Back

red-faced

Front

keenly

Back

intensely

Front

placidly

Back

quietly

Front

ominous

Back

threatening or foreboding

Front

fervent

Back

having or displaying a passionate intensity

Front

resignation

Back

acceptance of something undesirable but inevitable

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proffered

Back

offered

Front

talisman

Back

an object thought to have magical powers